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| Annuity sales 'unfair and opaque' |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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| The way annuities are sold is costing half a million retirees each year as much as £1bn in future pension income, the National Association of Pension Funds says. |
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| 1.1 million face £100 tax fines |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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| Just over one million taxpayers face a penalty of £100 for failing to submit their self-assessment tax returns on time, HM Revenue and Customs says. |
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| Personal insolvencies 'down 11%' |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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| Fewer people were declared insolvent in 2011 in England and Wales than in 2010, but the number of companies going bust increased. |
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| 'Sale and rent back' closed down |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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| The sale and rent back industry has been almost completely closed down, says the Financial Services Authority. |
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| Mobility aid sellers in spotlight |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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| Action has been taken against mobility aids traders following a warning from the regulator over sales of the products. |
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| Hackers fool bank security system |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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| Criminal hackers have found ways around new security devices used for online banking, the BBC has learned. |
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| MPs reverse Lords welfare defeats |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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| MPs overturn a series of defeats inflicted on the government's welfare reform bill by peers, voting to reinstate child benefit into the proposed £26,000 total cap on payments. |
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| Ash claims finally given go-ahead |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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| Some 300 travellers with insurance claims resulting from the ash cloud disruption in May 2010 will finally have their cases resolved. |
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| Winter freeze for UK house prices |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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| UK house prices started the new year with a slight decline - falling by 0.2% in January compared with the previous month, the Nationwide says. |
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| Case for tax cuts 'is stronger' |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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| The argument for the chancellor to cut taxes to boost the economy is stronger than it was a year ago, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says. |
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| Pension scheme availability drops |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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| The proportion of final-salary pension schemes still open to new recruits in the private sector fell last year from 18% to just 16%, figures show. |
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| Plans for fewer MOTs are dropped |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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| The government has given up its plans to reduce the frequency of MOT tests. |
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| Gym contracts under investigation |
(Tue, 31 Jan 2012)
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| Gym membership contracts are to be put under the spotlight by the fair trading regulator, following customer complaints. |
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| UK workers 'richer but stressed' |
(Tue, 31 Jan 2012)
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| Britons are richer and more stressed than when the Queen came to the throne, a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has found. |
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| Sainsbury's rebrands tiger bread |
(Tue, 31 Jan 2012)
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| Sainsbury's is renaming its tiger bread after a letter a three-year-old girl wrote to the company, saying the bread looked more like a giraffe, went viral. |
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| 200,000 homes 'at flooding risk' |
(Tue, 31 Jan 2012)
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| The Association of British Insurers estimates that up to 200,000 flood-prone homes could face insurance problems next year. |
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| Mortgage rates 'to be volatile' |
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012)
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| Brokers are telling new borrowers to expect mortgage rates to see-saw in the coming months, owing to economic uncertainty. |
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| House prices fell by 1.3% in 2011 |
(Mon, 30 Jan 2012)
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| House prices in England and Wales fell by 1.3% last year, to an average of £160,000, according to figures from the Land Registry. |
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| Pension change 'will save little' |
(Tue, 31 Jan 2012)
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| The government's latest public sector pension changes will make "little or no difference" to their long-term cost, a think tank says. |
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| Deadline shift for pension reform |
(Wed, 25 Jan 2012)
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| Full implementation of a scheme to automatically enrol workers into a pension scheme will be in place three years later than first planned. |
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| Teaching union backs pension deal |
(Mon, 30 Jan 2012)
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| The ATL teachers' union backs the government's revised deal on pensions in a ballot. |
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| National Savings cuts saving rate |
(Tue, 24 Jan 2012)
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| The government savings body, National Savings & Investments, cuts the interest rate on its main savings account, the Direct Saver, to 1.5%. |
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| Credit union reforms introduced |
(Sat, 07 Jan 2012)
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| New rules come into force which will free up credit unions in the UK to compete more effectively with banks. |
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| PPI payouts over 2011 'top £1bn' |
(Wed, 21 Dec 2011)
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| More than £1bn has now been paid in compensation this year to people who were mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI), figures show. |
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| Graduate pay 'will go up by 4%' |
(Thu, 26 Jan 2012)
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| Graduate pay will rise by 4% this year - the first increase since 2009, the Association of Graduate Recruiters has estimated. |
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| Miliband defends pay freeze move |
(Sun, 15 Jan 2012)
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| Labour leader Ed Miliband defends his party's decision to support the government's pay freeze for public sector workers, despite union criticism. |
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| Hours worked in UK above average |
(Thu, 08 Dec 2011)
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| Full-time employees in the UK work longer hours than the European Union average, according to the Office for National Statistics data. |
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| VIDEO: Your Money: Tips on money management |
(Sat, 04 Feb 2012)
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| In this week's Your Money, Declan Curry looks problems with pensions, considers the benefits of credit unions and gets some top tips on how to manage your money. |
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| AUDIO: How safe is online banking? |
(Thu, 02 Feb 2012)
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| Spencer Kelly talks to Winifred Robinson on Radio 4's You and Yours about the results of the BBC Click investigation into the new ways criminals are trying to hack into bank accounts. |
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| AUDIO: Work study: Longer hours but more stress |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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| Dr John Philpott, chief economic adviser at the CIPD, and Professor Harriet Bradley, sociologist at Bristol University, discuss how working life has changed over the last 60 years. |
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| VIDEO: Your Money: To buy or not to buy? |
(Sat, 28 Jan 2012)
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| In this week's Your Money, Declan Curry asks is it cheaper to buy or rent and gets advice on how to make your savings work harder - if interest rates stay low. |
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| VIDEO: 'Insurers undervalue wrecked cars' |
(Sun, 22 Jan 2012)
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| Complaints to an ombudsman about motor insurance rose by 29 per cent last year - with key gripes including valuations of written-off vehicles. |
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| AUDIO: How employment tribunals work |
(Fri, 20 Jan 2012)
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| The head of consultancy at Employment Law Advisory Services told Radio 5 live how government proposals will change tribunals. |
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| Credit unions hoping to widen net |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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| Credit unions hope a new law will boost membership numbers |
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| Automatic pension enrolment timetable |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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| The timetable for the auto-enrolment into a pension |
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| Family life on benefits |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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| The benefit family on £30,000+ a year |
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| Running a business: Your questions answered |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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| A BBC panel of business experts answer readers' questions. |
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| Unilever to face more pension action |
(Mon, 30 Jan 2012)
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| Union leaders plan next step in Unilever pension battle |
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| Ask the expert: Your debt questions |
(Sun, 29 Jan 2012)
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| Are you worried about the amount of debt you owe? |
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| Inflation-beating investment options |
(Wed, 25 Jan 2012)
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| What investments can help you beat inflation? |
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