Government

The rush by first-time buyers to beat a stamp duty holiday deadline has triggered a short-term dip in rents, a lettings network said today.

"Complicated" restrictions on the Government's scheme to support the millions of workers who will be automatically placed into workplace pensions must be removed to ensure its success, MPs warned today.

Hundreds of thousands of benefits recipients will see a dramatic fall or even an end to their tax credits under a raft of reforms next month.

A scheme designed to provide a helping hand to home buyers shut out of the housing market will launch today.

Tougher action is needed to clampdown on "opaque and poorly regulated" commercial debt management companies and payday lenders, a report from MPs urged today.

Chancellor George Osborne is poised to water down plans to strip higher earners of child benefit, it was reported last night.

MPs have backed increases in the price of stamps despite expressing concerns about the impact on vulnerable consumers and small firms.

NHS prescriptions in England will rise 25p to £7.65 from April, MPs were told today.

Vulnerable people in England and Wales could get better protection from bailiffs after the Government revealed plans to change the way they are regulated. However, critics say the measures don't go far enough and could even cost debtors more.

Action is expected to be taken to reduce the £2 billion-a-year cost of insurance claims for whiplash in a bid to help cut the prices we pay.