Scottish Power has announced it will hike electricity prices by 10% and gas prices by a whopping 19% from 1 August, in a bitter blow to 2.4 million households.
Hundreds of thousands of households could pay more for their water under Government-backed plans to install meters in areas where water shortages exist.
Firms that charge fees for finding hard-up consumers a loan will have their activities curbed, after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) found some pocket cash without carrying out the service.
Half of younger people think Britain will become a nation of renters within a generation as many give up on the dream of home ownership, a study suggests today.
31 May 2011
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