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This is Money | News

Brown's 'instant justice' for bank victims

Gordon Brown will this week clear the way for customers to launch multimillion-pound class-action...
Threat to jobs as productivity falls

A squeeze on company profits as productivity falls faster than wages could trigger another wave of...
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers

Our summary of what the business pages are reporting from the financial world this week
Pirate phone operator hijacks X Factor lines

The results of The X Factor have been called into question by television bosses after its tightly...
Water firms fight Ofwat price cuts

Water companies are threatening to go to the Competition Commission to appeal against regulator...
Bank of England urged to print more tenners

The number of £10 notes in circulation should be increased after a wave of complaints from shoppers,...
Grandparents are ignoring child trust funds

More than one third of grandparents save for their grandchildren and half of those do so regularly,...
Alert on cold-calling claims swindle

Criminals posing as Government workers are cold-calling vulnerable members of the public and...
FSA to lose key role in massive shake-up

The chief City regulator, the Financial Services Authority, is to lose its key consumer education...
Lloyds' bid to evade £50m tax bill fails

Lloyds Banking Group, 43%-owned by the taxpayer, has been prevented from dodging a £50m tax bill
Senior council workers 'get 20% pay rise'

Senior council staff have seen a recession-defying pay rise of nearly 20% in the past year,...
Millions unable to use Halifax cards

A power failure has left millions of Halifax and Bank of Scotland account holders unable to use...

This is Money | Mortgages & homes

Wilsons owe £350,000 on mortgages - 19 hours ago

Fergus and Judith Wilson amassed a £180m fortune with their property empire, but now they are in...
Lodgers and the Rent a Room scheme - 2 days ago

Homeowners and tenants who let a room to a lodger can receive up to £4,250 a year rent tax-free...
Bonds that invest in rising house prices - 2 days ago

Abbey and Britannia have launched bonds offering 50% of the growth in the Halifax house price index,...
Crackdown on repossessions loophole - 3 days ago

The Government is working to close off a legal loophole through which lenders can bypass the courts...
Residential property fund for Sipp savers - 3 days ago

A residential property fund is offering pension investors the opportunity to earn more than 7% a...
Mortgages flow again as first-timers return - 4 days ago

The number of mortgages granted to borrowers continued to grow in September with first-time buyer...

This is Money | Credit & loans

Credit card fuelled repossessions may rise - 2 days ago

The likelihood of being kicked out of your home for minor credit card debts could increase following...
How to beat new breed bank fraudsters - 4 days ago

Households are being targeted by fraudsters pretending to be from their credit card firm, bank or...
Shoppers lured into card payment trap - 4 days ago

Shoppers are being lured into a lifetime of credit card debt by banks that encourage low minimum...
Have footprints spoiled my credit rating? - 1 week ago

I have recently made several unsuccessful applications for credit. Does this mean lenders will...
How credit check errors blight your name - 1 week ago

Inaccurate credit reports are making it impossible for some borrowers to get the best mortgages,...
Can I get back credit card fraud interest? - 1 week ago

More than £2,000 was taken by fraudsters on my Lloyds TSB Mastercard. Lloyds has refunded the money...

This is Money | Tax & wills

Are my shares liable for capital gains tax? - 4 days ago

I am thinking of disposing of some of my shareholdings, but I am confused about capital gains tax
I'm an illegal worker, can I reclaim NI payments? - 1 week ago

After 10 years as an illegal worker I have been granted leave to stay. Can I claim for payments made...
Taxman wants my records from 1981 - 1 week ago

Revenue & Customs has asked me to provide property particulars for a house I bought 28 years ago...
'Taxman and bank tarnished my name' - 3 weeks ago

Filing his first tax return on time has left Gary Humphreys feeling like a criminal when a week...
Beat the strike with an online tax return - 3 weeks ago

Meeting the 31 October deadline for posting tax returns has been made troublesome by the postal...
Darling sets sights on anything-goes havens - 4 weeks ago

Alistair Darling is to lead a campaign against 'regulatory havens' when he hosts a finance...

This is Money | Insurance

How to fine tune your instrument cover - 19 hours ago

Music enthusiasts are being urged to take a new look at their insurance cover as the value of many...
Can a PPI policy be half mis-sold? - 5 days ago

Abbey agree I was mis-sold payment protection insurance 10 years ago, but have offered to repay only...
You pay in the end for vandals' attack - 6 days ago

Vandals have badly scored the paintwork on my car but my insurer says I will lose my no-claims bonus...
Health scares spark rush to insure young - 1 week ago

Recent health scares such as swine flu and the E.coli outbreak have led more parents to think about...
Beware of cutting back on health insurance - 1 week ago

Workers are sacrificing health insurance to save cash, but some have found it crucial in a crisis
Will my cancer insurance pay up? - 1 week ago

I have been diagnosed with cancer and had an operation. Do you think my critical illness insurance...

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This is Money | Home

Barclays refuses to accept PPI mis-selling

Cancer victim Roy Barker was charged £22,000 for PPI cover he could never claim - but Barclays has...
Could you live on a State pension?

A campaign to highlight the need to save early for retirement asked 14 young volunteers to survive...
FSA to lose key role in massive shake-up

The chief City regulator, the Financial Services Authority, is to lose its key consumer education...