Around nine million more adults are struggling with money now compared with seven years ago, according to a major report into the health of the nation's finances.
Nearly 20 million Vodafone pay-as-you-go customers are paying more for phone calls from today, as the mobile giant has begun charging users per minute, rather than per second for calls.
Lloyds Banking Group is being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over the way it handles complaints over payment protection insurance mis-selling.
Two regulators are to look into the work of the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) to see if it is doing its job of protecting consumers from nuisance phone calls.
Shoppers could soon find it easier to compare food prices in-store after three of the UK's biggest supermarkets pledged to improve labelling to make prices and special offers easier to understand.
31 July 2013
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