The Government is to block firms from using "hidden" credit and debit card surcharges to ramp up the price of flights, concert tickets and other goods.
Government plans to cut financial incentives for solar electricity have created "huge economic uncertainty" and are "manifestly unlawful", the High Court was told today.
Poor management decisions and the last government's light-touch regulatory regime were key factors in the near-collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), a long-awaited report by the City watchdog said today.
Labour MP Stella Creasy has stepped up her calls for a cap on the cost of short-term, high interest loans, as new figures reveal 3.5 million Britons expect to need a payday loan in the next six months.
A Parliamentary debate on providing compulsory financial education in schools is scheduled to take place in the main chamber of the House of Commons on Thursday next week.
6 December 2011
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