Motorists could get some respite from rising petrol prices as Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to extend a fuel duty freeze until May 2015.
House prices rose in September at the fastest rate since 2010, with all UK regions seeing prices rise for the first time in six years, according to Nationwide Building Society.
The Government insists only creditworthy borrowers will be able to buy homes with its Help to Buy scheme, as it revealed more details about its housing stimulus programme.
Prime Minister David Cameron has today confirmed financial education will form part of the final draft of the national curriculum in England, to be implemented from September 2014.
8 July 2013
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