June

Lenders have hiked the cost of regular debt insurance to recoup losses following the ban on lump-sum loan cover, a report claims.

Consumers will soon receive protection against "unscrupulous" firms who prey on troubled borrowers by buying their home at knock-down prices and charging them rent to stay.

Shoppers who use money-off vouchers for the wrong item are shoplifters, according to a trade body representing some manufacturers of supermarket and high street products.

Banks and building societies have hit savers by cutting rates in line with recent base rate drops. However, they've failed to cut borrowing rates accordingly, a report reveals today.

Barclays has dropped the rate on its Golden ISA, which was our top-pick until the change.

A government initiative to prevent struggling homeowners from losing their property only helped one borrower in April. This takes the grand total to just two since the Mortgage Rescue scheme was launched in January.

Orange has today launched a new £5 pay-monthly plan, which includes a handset, in what is believed to be the cheapest-ever standard contract mobile tariff.

Property prices dropped in April across England and Wales, according to the Land Registry's latest figures.