Mortgage lenders have been banned from hitting borrowers behind on payments with punitive charges if they have already set up a payment plan to clear any arrears.
Families who earn £25,000 a year could see a fall in the benefits they receive from April 2012, according to figures buried deep in yesterday's 112-page official Budget document.
Chancellor George Osborne defended the Budget as "tough but fair" today as he accused the previous Labour government of leaving the economy in a "massive mess".
Council tax rates in England could be frozen for one year for those whose local authorities can keep costs low, the Chancellor revealed in his Emergency Budget today.
22 June 2010
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