Consumers going abroad in recent years have had to contend with the growing threat of their tour operator going bust, but many don't know their travel rights when this happens.
Taxpayer-backed Lloyds Banking Group has become the latest bank to announce a hit to its financial performance due to compensation payouts for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).
The Government today announced "sweeping" reforms to copyright law meaning it will no longer be illegal to copy files from a CD or DVD onto a computer for personal use.
Barclays reported a 33% drop in half-year profits to £2.6 billion after it took a £1 billion hit to cover compensation for customers who were mis-sold payment protection insurance.
2 August 2011
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