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6,000 bogus PPI claims recorded
15 January 2013 Nearly 6,000 bogus payment protection insurance (PPI) compensation claims were made to the ombudsman last year, figures showed today. The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) settled a record…
The Coalition’s taxing problem
15 january 2013 With two weeks to go until Budget day, the normally highly secret preparations are attracting much closer scrutiny than usual as the Liberal Democrats negotiate with the…
How peers can solve borrowing headaches
15 January 2013 Small businesses need cash to invest or simply to keep their heads above water, while Britain’s army of hard-pressed savers understandably crave better returns. That’s the…
Borrowing rise a new blow to George Osborne’s debt-cutting plans
15 January 2013 The Chancellor, George Osborne, faced another blow to deficit-busting efforts yesterday with more gloom on borrowing as the UK’s slide back into recession hit the Treasury’s coffers.…
Payday lender Wonga sent aggressive letters to customers with debts
15 January 2013 The payday lender Wonga has been criticised by the Office of Fair Trading for accusing some of its own customers of being fraudsters. The watchdog censured the…
Consumer rights: ‘I was overpaid £13,000, now my boss wants it back’
15 january 2013 Q: I started work at a law firm two years ago on a rolling three-month contract for three days a week. However, a few months into the…
Rich to rule in Osborne’s new tax regime
15 january 2013 Examining the amount of cash we’ll be forced to hand over to the Government in the next two years confirms what was not revealed in George Osborne’s…
Hot pasties and caravans hit by changes to VAT quirks
15 january 2013 A bodybuilding, Cornish pasty-munching, caravan-driving hairdresser would be holding his head in his hands at the changes to VAT. The 20 per cent sales tax will be…
Osborne says top-rate tax cut will not hurt coffers
15 january 2013 The top rate of income tax will be cut from 50p to 45p in April next year, George Osborne confirmed in what is expected to prove the…
Public bodies accused of abusing credit cards
15 January 2013 Tougher checks to prevent fraud and abuse when public servants buy goods and services with special purchasing cards have been demanded by spending watchdogs. The Commons Public…
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