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Thousands of pensions mis-sold

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Thousands of pensions mis-sold - A major investigation has found that many people who were advised contract out of State Second Pension may have been victims of mis-selling Tax credits fiasco cost £6bn - Millions of families face hardship after bureaucrats wrongly paid out nearly £6bn tax credits



Thousands of pensions mis-sold  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
A major investigation has found that many people who were advised to contract out of the State Second Pension may have been victims of mis-selling
Tax credits fiasco cost £6bn  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Millions of families face hardship after bureaucrats wrongly paid out nearly £6bn in tax credits
Market report: Wednesday latest  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
10.00:A new surge of speculative buying today sent shares of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto surging 186p to a record 3491p
Ryanair clarifies flight pricing  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Budget airline Ryanair announced today that all its website fares will now be quoted inclusive of taxes
Virgin counts cost of Sky spat  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Virgin Media today revealed the cost of its spat with rival BSkyB as it reported a loss of 46,900 customers
Pay index shows living standards squeezed  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Slackening pay growth and a jump in inflation has squeezed household disposable income and driven living standards down, figures indicated today
Home grants restored for wind turbines  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of homeowners are to be offered grants of up to £2,500 to install wind turbines and solar panels
One in ten fiddle insurance claims  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Dishonest customers scam insurers out of more than £4m every day, according to new research which says one in ten have fiddled a claim
Energy tax on buy-to-let landlords  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Buy-to-let landlords will have to pay more than £100 for an energy performance certificate for their properties from October
96 minutes to choose a home  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Half of all homebuyers find unexpected problems because they have spent too little time checking the property, says a survey
Motorists face tax on stolen cars  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Millions of motorists will have to pay higher insurance premiums after the Government increased the 'tax' on recovering stolen and broken-down cars to £150
EasyJet boss claims blue skies ahead  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
EasyJet boss Andy Harrison denied the budget airline has got ahead of itself by putting on dozens of new aircraft at a time of slackening demand
Expert views: Interest rates  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Analysis: Economists say a bank rate rise to 5.5% in May is a done deal, but some are pencilling in an increase to 5.75%. Read the latest views
Google voted UK's favourite brand  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Google is the UK's favourite brand while Pot Noodle is the 'most hated', according to a new poll out today.
Tap-and-go cards on the way  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Digging out loose change for small purchases may become a distant memory with banks preparing to launch 'tap-and-go' credit and debit cards
Standard Life in Sipps boom  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Rich people preparing for retirement are causing a sales boom at Standard Life, as sales of self-invested personal pensions soared 117%
SWT's 20% fare increase is 'exploitation'  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
South West Trains was today accused of exploiting its passengers and told to explain why it is increasing fares by up to 20%
Rogue fuel costs Tesco £8m  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Tesco has paid out £ 8m to motorists who bought contaminated fuel earlier this year, it emerged today
London leads world property league  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
London is the most expensive city in the world to buy a house - even higher than Monaco, research by upmarket estate agent Knight Frank has found
A global stitch-up too far  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Putting Thomson and Reuters together would give the new company a share of the financial data market well above the 30% used by competition authorities to define dominance
30 second guide toDual listings  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team take a look the arrangements made when rival companies from different countries merge
Midas: City keeps eye on WSP  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Consultancy group WSP helps companies and government bodies in three distinct spheres - property, transport and the environment.
Credit controls turn full circle  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Should you be feeling hard done by at the prospect of Thursday's expected quarter-point rise in the base rate, spare a thought for our exporters
Small cap share tips: SovGem and Choices  [05/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week, unloved SovGEM undergoes a reappraisal