A leading MP has urged the regulator to investigate whether Bank of Ireland is guilty of mis-selling after it announced plans to hike 13,500 customers' base rate tracker mortgages, even though the base rate hasn't moved for four years.
Bank of England policymakers decided against unleashing further emergency support for the recovery today, despite mixed signs over the health of the economy.
The retail prices index (RPI) rate of inflation fell to 2.9% in August, down from 3.2% in July, new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal today.
George Osborne has insisted there are "positive signs" for the UK economy despite a think-tank drastically downgrading its growth forecast for Britain.
7 September 2012
Suggest a story
Got a money-related news story that affects you? Email us