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OFT delays bank charge decision - Consumers will have wait until end of year find out what Office of Fair Trading considers is fair default charge current account Loan cover refunds get go-ahead - A major victory battle against rip-off payment protection insurance has been won with insurers agreeing offer 'fair' refunds when customers cancel policies



OFT delays bank charge decision  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Consumers will have to wait until the end of the year to find out what the Office of Fair Trading considers is a fair default charge on a current account
Loan cover refunds get go-ahead  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
A major victory in the battle against rip-off payment protection insurance has been won with insurers agreeing to offer 'fair' refunds when customers cancel policies
Market report: Thursday latest  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
10.45:Mike Ashley was today counting the personal cost of the City's poor response to the recent flotation of shares in his Sports Direct International
Millions to pay more for water  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Millions of householders across Britain are to be hit with higher water bills in the coming weeks. See what you will pay| 10 ways to cut water bills
5.3m lost out in the Budget  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown's 'tax-cutting' Budget will leave 5.3 million families worse off, one of his top officials admitted yesterday
Not a pretty picture at Jessops  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Jessops shares tumbled 68% as more than a third of investors sold their stock on fears that bankers HSBC may pull the plug
Don't blog yourself out of a job  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Employers are checking the 'internet reputations' of job applicants by looking at their blog pages at MySpace, Blogger and Facebook
Rates take toll on house prices  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
The housing market cooled this month after recent rises in interest rates put off potential buyers, new figures from Nationwide indicate
Npower price cut 'is a fake'  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Millions of loyal customers of Britain's biggest electricity supplier will not see a penny from the company's latest price reduction
Xmas savings club cash to be protected  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
New safeguards drawn up in wake of the Farepak Christmas club collapse will protect savers in future, the Government said today
Skoda voted Britain's best car  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Japanese cars have been knocked off their perch as British motorist's favourite model by the model that used to be a joke
No longer as safe as houses  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
City Focus:Will the turmoil in the American housing market be the next US frenzy to hit our shores?
Web ad spending surges 40%  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Online advertising spending in Britain surged more than 41% in 2006 to break the £2bn barrier and put it ahead of newspapers
UK property won't catch US cold, says King  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King today said he did not expect the UK housing market to crash despite the crisis in the US
Accusations fly as AA cuts night patrols  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
As controversy rages at the AA over asset-stripping by its venture capitalist owners, the rescue service announces the end of night-time patrols
Longbridge back on the road in June  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Car production at the former MG Rover factory in Longbridge will start again in June, a council leader claimed today
Halifax sorry for stolen customer details  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Halifax could be fined after admitting that the private banking details of some 13,000 of its mortgage customers were stolen
Council tax bills rise 4.2%  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Council tax bills across England will rise by an average of 4.2%, the Government announced today, but London will do better despite the Olympics
Mobile phone bills to be slashed  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Charges made by mobile phone networks will come under new restrictions from Sunday, which will lead to cuts of between 10% and 45%
£19bn boost for company pensions  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
The pensions 'black hole' facing the UK's top 200 companies has shrunk by around 40% over the past year, but the outlook remains uncertain
Nationwide offers 25-year fix mortgage  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
A fixed-rate mortgage lasting for 25 years was launched by Britain's biggest building society yesterday
Cost of moving triples to £9,500  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
The cost of moving home has more than tripled over the past decade - creating a vicious circle where a lack of supply pushes prices up further
BT backs down over exit fee  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
BT has axed plans to punish customers for leaving its service with a £5 fee - but will push ahead with extra charges for non direct-debit payers
30 second guide to relative poverty  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team examine how government measures poverty and asks whether the state should step in to ensure that all poorer citizens keep pace with average earnings
Spoiling the Barclays party  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Bob Diamond has big ambitions to go with his bloated remuneration package - He boldly declared that Barclays is in a strong position to scoop £90bn merger with ABN-Amro
Midas: Revamped Catlin set to expand  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
The Financial Mail's share tipster looks at insurance company Catlin Group and training business BPP
Gordon's neutral last hurrah  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
True to form Gordon Brown delivered a classic give and take Budget, says Financial Mail economics editor Dan Atkinson
I don't believe your insurance claim  [03/29/2007 01:17 PM]
The ace investigator gives short shrift to an insurance claimant who he thinks his lying about a burglary