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Millions face £200 jump in power bills - Millions face paying an extra £200 annually for heat and light after power giant EDF announced an immediate price rise yesterday



Millions face £200 jump in power bills  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Millions face paying an extra £200 annually for heat and light after power giant EDF announced an immediate price rise yesterday
Britain is on the brink of recession  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain is on the cusp of its first recession for more than a decade and a half, economists warned in the wake of a dire Government report
Stock market report: The week's trading  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
It was another week of relative respite from the downward volatility of recent times, with housebuilders and banks in the foreground
Britons hit by Spanish property collapse  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Holiday home buyers are at risk of losing tens of thousands of pounds after the collapse of Spanish developer Martinsa-Fadesa
Cash crisis at wedding gift firm Wrapit  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of couples have had their wedding plans thrown into disarray after wedding list firm Wrapit revealed it is seeking funding to avoid going into administration
BP chief forced to flee Russia after visa row  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
BP's Russian ambitions are in disarray after the chief executive of its TNK-BP joint venture, Bob Dudley, was forced to flee the country
London's 'prop' for UK is £40bn  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
London and the South-East's subsidy to the rest of the country is rising rapidly and is now nearly £40bn a year compared with just over £20bn in 2004
'Wall Street got drunk', says Bush  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
US President George W Bush has delivered his own unique explanation for global economic turmoil: 'Wall Street got drunk'
Why millions are just 11 days from ruin  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
More than a third of adults could survive financially for only 11 days if they were to lose their job or be too ill to work
Inflation to cost pensions £25bn  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The Government's failure to get a grip on inflation will cost FTSE 100 companies up to £25bn in extra pension payments, pushing many schemes into the red
FSA vows strength as economy worsens  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The economy is heading into the third and most difficult phase of the credit crunch, according to the head of the financial watchdog
Families 'to be forced to fit water meters'  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Water companies are to be given new powers to force meters on millions of families, potentially adding £200 to annual water costs
Retail spending slump fuels recession fears  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The biggest monthly fall in consumer spending today heightened fears of a high-street meltdown
MPs join calls for Equitable compensation  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Pressue is growing on the government to compensate policyholders of Equitable Life with a powerful parliamentary group the latest to support the cause
Trader's collapse helps to force down crude oil price  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The collapse of US oil trader SemGroup is said to have played a role in the dramatic decline in the price of crude oil over the past 10 days
Insolvency laws not up to the job  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Building societies beat banks hands down  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
FSA's Sants ripples his muscles  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Applegarth has some more explaining to do  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: I saved for my daughter - what was the point  [07/26/2008 01:17 PM]