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The Government has rebuffed MoneySavingExpert.com's calls to ban payday loan adverts from children's TV.
24 March 2014
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Smokers will be hit by higher prices as the Chancellor announced increases in tobacco duty in today's Budget. Meanwhile, the price of beer will fall by 1p.
19 March 2014
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Mobile provider Three is making calls to 0800, 0808 and 0500 numbers free, while it's also cutting the cost of dialling all other 08 numbers. But customers will have to take out a new contract to take advantage.
18 March 2014
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Major banks have pledged to provide current account data in a standardised format. The Government hopes it will encourage comparison sites that could help consumers check if they're getting the best deal.
17 March 2014
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Plans to give consumers greater access to ways of solving disputes with companies over goods and services have been outlined by the Government.
12 March 2014
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The Government is ordering pension fund managers to come clean about hidden costs which can wipe tens of thousands of pounds off the value of retirement pots.
24 February 2014
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Consumers are set for stronger rights under the Government's draft Consumer Rights Bill – but the new law could be too difficult to enforce, MoneySavingExpert.com creator Martin Lewis told MPs today.
11 February 2014
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Payday loan firms including Wonga are to start using a new "real-time" information sharing service about consumers' borrowing habits.
15 January 2014
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Thousands of social housing tenants have been wrongly hit by the so-called bedroom tax and are due money back, it has emerged.
10 January 2014

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