The country's pensions system is in "urgent need" of improvement if millions of workers in private firms are to save enough for retirement, according to a new report released today.
An influential group of MPs has slammed poor service at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), highlighting long delays for taxpayers looking for help and errors by the government department.
The UK arm of Santander said today it had set aside more than half a billion pounds to cover the costs of mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI) to its customers.
Average monthly rents in England and Wales burst through the £700 barrier last month as a shortage of new homes and mortgage constraints fuelled tenant demand.
Rising gas and electricity prices pushed another million households across the UK into fuel poverty, figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) show today.
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne today insisted proposed reforms of the electricity market provided the "best possible solution" to protect consumers against the kind of price hikes seen in recent days.
