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Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside another £400 million to compensate customers it flogged worthless payment protection insurance to.

House prices have fallen annually for eight months in a row and the market will remain subdued until people start to see a continued pick-up in their finances, Nationwide said today.

Car buyers are slashing an average £939 off asking prices price, a survey by Auto Trader magazine has found.

A new era for mobile phone users begins today as superfast 4G products and services are made available to consumers in 11 cities across the UK.

The number of agreed house sales jumped sharply this month as sellers dropped prices to shift homes which have been lingering, a study said today.

The UK climbed out of the double-dip recession with a bang between July and September as the economy returned to growth at its fastest pace in five years, official figures showed today.

Elderly people are in danger of being stripped of their dignity and assets because of a failure to tackle how care is funded, it is claimed.

Around 500,000 disabled people are "expected to lose out" when the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is scrapped, a report claims today.

The bill for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) at Barclays soared to £2 billion today as claims against the banking giant continue to pile up.

Rising rents have prompted a record 12,000 tenants who are struggling with arrears to contact a debt advice charity this year.

Prime Minister David Cameron announced today that energy firms will be forced to give customers their cheapest available tariff under new laws.

Unemployment fell to its lowest level since spring, official figures show today.

House sellers hiked their asking prices by more than £8,000 in October in the biggest jump seen in eight months, Rightmove said today.

Newcastle United's decision to agree a sponsorship deal with payday loan company Wonga has prompted an angry reaction.