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2009
Egg has upped the minimum cash withdrawal fee on its credit card from £3 to £5 to make it the most expensive rate on the market. This highlights once again why you should never take cash out on a credit card.
23 April 2009
The European Parliament today voted in favour of capping call, text and data roaming charges when using mobiles on the Continent.
23 April 2009
Ofcom, the communications regulator, has today announced new guidelines to help reduce the cost of calling expensive 0870 numbers. However, they are not compulsory and do not apply to pricey 0845 and 0871 numbers.
23 April 2009
The tax-free cash Isa allowance is set to be raised to £5,100, the Chancellor announced today.
22 April 2009
Unemployment rose to 2.1 million in February, according to figures released this morning by the Office for National Statistics.
22 April 2009
Britain's high earners have been hit hard by this year's Budget. They will have to pay more tax next year and get less tax relief on their pension.
22 April 2009
The body that regulates solicitors has warned that a number of adverts which claim to offer an easy route to getting your credit card or loan debt wiped out could be misleading.
21 April 2009
The UK economy is officially in a deflationary state for the first time in almost 50 years. That means the cost of living is falling.
21 April 2009
Halifax has cancelled a customer’s overdraft without warning and then added bank charges because he was subsequently in the red.
21 April 2009
The Government today launched a scheme that allows some hard-up borrowers to defer mortgage interest payments for up to two years.
21 April 2009
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