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Labour MP Stella Creasy has stepped up her calls for a cap on the cost of short-term, high interest loans, as new figures reveal 3.5 million Britons expect to need a payday loan in the next six months.
7 December 2011
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A Parliamentary debate on providing compulsory financial education in schools is scheduled to take place in the main chamber of the House of Commons on Thursday next week.
6 December 2011
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Average house prices were only marginally lower last month than at the start of the year as the market remained stable throughout 2011, mortgage lender Halifax said today.
6 December 2011
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Lenders and estate agents say the Government could have helped first-time buyers by extending their stamp duty 'holiday' in yesterday's Autumn Budget Statement.
30 November 2011
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The Government's plans to bring forward an increase in the state pension age to 67 have been met with dismay by elderly groups.
30 November 2011
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Regulated rail fares will rise by 6% in the new year, not the expected 8%.
29 November 2011
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The housing market has remained "surprisingly resilient" this month, Nationwide said today, as the average price of a property increased by 0.4% month-on-month.
29 November 2011
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The Chancellor has announced he is scrapping the 3p fuel duty rise scheduled for early next year in a bid to help hard-pressed motorists.
29 November 2011
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Chancellor George Osborne announced he will uprate some working age state benefits by the planned 5.2%, in line with September's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation figure.
29 November 2011
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Automatic pensions enrolment for small businesses is to be delayed a year, Pensions Minister Steve Webb said today.
28 November 2011

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