December 2012

About four million people in the UK are considering taking out a payday loan as they come under pressure from Christmas costs, research suggests.

The new financial services regulator will have powers to cap the cost of payday loans, but not until 2014, the Government has confirmed.

Frustrated flyers are now getting hundreds of pounds in compensation for delays, just weeks after the floodgates opened for claims from airlines.

Households may not receive bank statements or other bills in the new year, as postal workers are threatening not to deliver letters sent via private firms.

Nearly two-thirds of landlords are planning a rent freeze in 2013, showing signs that rents are reaching their limits of affordability, a study said today.

Oi, David Cameron, it's time to sort out petrol prices! That's the top consumer issue people would tell the Prime Minister to address, according to a poll of over 13,000 MoneySavingExpert.com users.

Plans are being set in motion to allow the new financial regulator to ban dodgy products before they are mis-sold on a massive scale.