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British Gas service gets worse

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British Gas service gets worse - Rocketing prices at British Gas have been coupled with disastrous decline customer service, revealed by 148% rise complaints Energywatch Boom over-mortgaging - Soaring numbers of young people divorcees are taking out mortgages worth more 100% of homes they are buying



British Gas service gets worse  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Rocketing prices at British Gas have been coupled with a disastrous decline in customer service, revealed by a 148% rise in complaints to Energywatch
Boom in over-mortgaging  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Soaring numbers of young people and divorcees are taking out mortgages worth more than 100% of the homes they are buying
Market report: Tuesday latest  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
13.00:City investors fought a successful rearguard action today to prevent share prices from dipping back below 6100
House price growth cooling  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
The rate of house price growth cooled slightly last month as buyers and sellers' expectations for further price rises fell
New money rights for couples  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Cohabiting couples will be able to make a claim for their ex-partner's property or pension under planned legislation to be introduced as early as next year
Aer Lingus launches new routes  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Aer Lingus today announced a number of new routes and increased frequency of flights to European cities from next summer
BA facing pensions strike threat  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
British Airways was today facing strike action after failing to clinch a deal with workers over its £2.1bn pension deficit
Online gambling regulation plan  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
A regulated internet gambling industry would offer gamblers better protection than outlawing the practice, says the Government
Green tax will hurt only the poor  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Comment:The Chancellor sees Stern as an opportunity - but green measures need to be more carrot than stick, says the Mail's science editor
Extra £20 a week in pension shake-up  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
The Government today revealed plans to replace the state second pension with a flat-rate top-up fee for every year spent working or caring
Economy faces climate 'calamity'  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
A 700-page Government report on climate change has predicted the biggest global economic crash since the 1930s - paving the way for a host of new green taxes
'No plans to tax desirable areas'  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
A senior Government minister has dismissed as 'juvenile' Tory claims that council tax will be calculated according to how 'desirable' an area is
Brits gamble £1bn online  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
The rise in online betting has led to Britain becoming a nation of Internet gamblers, according to a studyREPORT: Online gamers in merger talks
London homes distort prices  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Rapidly rising London house prices are distorting the nations property market, according to new figures released today
Apple prepares for the iPhone  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Apple Computer is a step closer to achieving its long-term plan for an iPhone cashing in on the huge success of its iPod music player
MPs in plea to save post offices  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
The post office network 'could be lost for ever' if the Government does not act to rescue it, MPs warn today- CAMPAIGN: Save our post offices
7m of us 'too poor to afford a home'  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
One in eight of us can no longer afford to buy a home, according to one of Britain's biggest banks
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday SHARE TIPS:The latest Midas column
Allure of oriental markets  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
London risks being an important outpost of New York rather than the key centre of global cash trading
Systematic internalisation  [10/31/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City team explain the mysteries of systematic internalisation and its implications for the London Stock Exchange