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Households 'overcharged' £1.3bn for fuel - Struggling home-owners are being overcharged a staggering £1.3bn a year because they pay their energy bills through cash, cheque or prepayment meter



Households 'overcharged' £1.3bn for fuel  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Struggling home-owners are being overcharged a staggering £1.3bn a year because they pay their energy bills through cash, cheque or prepayment meter
Tesco sales slow as shoppers hunt bargains  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Supermarket giant Tesco has reported a halving in UK sales growth in the third quarter after it said like-for-like sales rose by just 2%
Stock market report: Tuesday latest  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
11.45:One of America's biggest hedge fund operators has told customers they cannot have their money back - for the time being at least
New buyers in luck as auctions cut prices  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Thousands of homes are being sold for knockdown prices at auction as banks desperately try to offload repossessed flats
Thomas Cook buoyed by British sunseekers  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
British holidaymakers are avoiding the high currency costs of taking a break in the eurozone and instead heading for the sunspots of Turkey and Egypt
Pound in biggest one-day fall for 16 years  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Sterling suffered its biggest one-day slump against the dollar in 16 years yesterday, as markets tumbled in London and New York
More than 2,000 jobs will go, warn firms  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
More than 2,000 more workers are to go after major firms revealed plans to shed staff, with jobs axed from Aston Martin to Halfords
RBS to proactively refund bank charges  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
RBS is planning to proactively refund all bank charges to its customers if it loses the current High Court battle
Repossessions: Banks less 'trigger happy'  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The number of repossessions hit a seven-year high of 26,200 last year, and are expected to rise again to 45,000 this year
UK carmakers call for bailout plan  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Pressure is mounting on business secretary Lord Mandelson to step in with rescue funding for the stalling British car industry as Aston Martin axed 600 jobs
Banks to seize New Star as shares crash  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
New Star Asset Management was in crisis talks with banks today as it was denied a suspension in trading of its shares, which lost 70% of their value
Savers rescued after another bank collapses  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
As many as 10,000 savers had to be rescued by the Government this morning as subprime lender London Scottish Bank collapsed
Debenhams delay in VAT cut for shoppers  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Debenhams is refusing to pass on the VAT cut to shoppers until next week, opting instead to pocket the cash for itself
Savers rush to pull cash out of banks  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Savers are yanking their cash out of banks at the fastest pace since records began in the 1960s
Economists predict 1% interest rate cut  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Mortgage bills for hundreds of thousands of London homeowners are set to be slashed again this week
Mortgage lending falls 70% in a month  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Mortgage lending collapsed during October, diving by nearly 70% to reach the second lowest figure on record, the Bank of England said
Banks urged to follow RBS' arrears pledge  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Pressure was mounting on RBS's rivals to follow its pledge to give homeowners at least six months' grace before starting repossession action
Job loss: what shall we tell the kids  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Redundancy will affect a growing number of families in coming months and this can have a profound effect on children
Oil slides after Opec fails to agree cuts  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Oil prices fell by more than dollar today after exporter countries within Opec failed to agree on production cuts at their weekend meeting in Cairo
Village pubs in comeback: that's Capital!  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Fund managers fail to deliver  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Star that fell to the ground  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: I'll keep a watch on failed broker  [12/02/2008 01:17 PM]