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Bailiffs are to be banned from entering homes at night and from using physical force against debtors under new laws coming into effect this weekend.

Pensioners will be able to buy top-ups of as much as £25 in extra state pension per week from autumn next year under Government plans.

Savers locked into poor-value pensions and investments could be able to leave them penalty-free or be given the option to move to better deals.

The big six energy companies could face a full-scale investigation into whether they are preventing competition in the market and making excess profits, reglator Ofgem has announced.

The Government has confirmed it will introduce a cap on workplace pension charges from April next year, to stop savings being gobbled up by fees.

An oil worker placed on a credit blacklist in a row over payments for a laptop computer he bought 16 years ago has won his case in the Supreme Court.

Energy companies are charging their most loyal customers up to £90 more than those who have switched to them, according to new figures.

Five furniture and carpet retailers have agreed to change their pricing practices following an investigation into the way discounts are advertised.

Nearly half a million personal loan and credit card customers are in line for a windfall after a raft of lenders agreed to repay over £149 million in interest and charges following paperwork errors.

The national minimum wage is to increase by 3% – 19p an hour – from October, the first time in six years the rise will be higher than inflation.

A new railcard allowing two people travelling together to save a third on train fares has gone on sale today.

The big six energy suppliers will be fined if they fail to meet new rules aimed at helping smaller firms break into the market, the energy regulator says.

The Government has responded to an online petition criticising the high cost of family holidays by suggesting prices could fall as English schools are given more control on setting term dates.

The Government is ordering pension fund managers to come clean about hidden costs which can wipe tens of thousands of pounds off the value of retirement pots.

Around 34,000 mortgage borrowers are to share out £8.4 million in refunds after Yorkshire Building Society admitted wrongly charging customers who had fallen behind with repayments.

Pension providers are to be investigated over claims people aren't getting a fair retirement income because of the way the annuity market works.