Press Association

Asking prices edged ahead during January as the number of homes being put up for sale fell to a two-year low.

The Government is to press ahead with plans to end compulsory retirement at 65.

A whopping 450,000 people will collectively face extra tax demands of £180 million after underpaying via the pay as you earn system.

Chancellor George Osborne insists today's VAT rise from 17.5% to 20% is a "tough but necessary step" towards Britain's economic recovery.

House prices edged higher in 2010 but are still expected to drop in the first half of next year, mortgage lender Nationwide said today.

Shoppers could make donations to charity every time they pay for items by bank card or use a cashpoint under Government plans unveiled today to boost giving to good causes.

Home owners should prepare for a series of interest rate rises to around 5%, a Bank of England official warned today.

House prices will fall 2% in 2011 but a shortage of homes on the market should prevent bigger price slides, it was predicted today.

The price of petrol at the pumps has reached a new high, it was revealed today.

House sellers slashed asking prices by 3% during the past month in the largest December drop for three years, according to research out today.

The Government today confirmed plans to scrap rules forcing everyone to use pension savings to buy an annuity by age 75.

House prices fell by 0.1% in November but there are predictions the market may be stabilising, according to mortgage lender Halifax.

The Government tonight won a crucial Commons vote on raising the upper level of tuition fees to £9,000 a year in England.

Npower has been rated the worst energy firm for service by a consumer watchdog in a new complaints league table launched today.

Two men were arrested today by detectives investigating the collapse of a failed currency company that went into administration owing around £20 million to customers.

The Government is to spend £830 million in a drive to give the UK the best broadband network in Europe by 2015.