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Consumer campaigners want a clampdown to clean up the "irresponsible" credit industry after finding nearly a quarter of people who take out expensive payday loans are using them to plug other debts.

Energy deals promising savings and free energy often leave consumers out of pocket, despite what their ads claim, an investigation by consumer group Which? has found.

Mobile giant Three must withdraw a "misleading" leaflet, which failed to include information stating that pay monthly mobile contracts could rise mid-term, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled this week.

O2's seven million pay monthly mobile phone customers will be hit by price hikes from next year, the provider announced today.

Banks are still pressurising staff into pushing products which may be unsuitable, despite major mis-selling scandals, Which? claimed today.

Banks are being urged to slash the length of their small print after a consumer group found terms and conditions can take an hour-and-a-half to read.

Mortgage holders trapped on an expensive deal because lenders have become stricter have been given a glimmer of hope under new rules from the City watchdog.

Homebuyers with smaller deposits should be benefiting from a Government scheme to cut borrowing costs, insists a consumer lobby group.

Phone and broadband firms could be banned from raising prices before a users' contract is up.

Prime Minister David Cameron has been urged to sort out the energy market, as suppliers pile misery on households with winter price hikes.