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Sale and Rent Back Deals Get More Protection

A new rule announced this week in the final regulation from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) means that anyone who decides to swap ownership of

Politics, mortgages

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UK Fraud Total Higher Than Predicted

Insurance scams, online theft, tax fraud and evasion are costing the UK as much as ?30bn every single year, according to the latest official figures.

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Office of Fair Trading Throws in the Towel on Bank Charges

In a decision that?s sent ripples through the consumer finance world and marks the effective end of nearly half a decade of fighting with the banks ov

Banking, Consumer, Politics

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Cheques Could Disappear Within a Decade

According to the United Kingdom?s Payment council, the concept of using cheques could be made completely obsolete by 2018, noting that the use of cheq

Banking, Consumer, Politics

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Tax Recovery Hindered by Old Computers

We?ve all had it happen; a computer that we brought a few years back starts getting slower and slower until eventually it takes so long to load up Win

Politics

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Government Backs Down over Childcare Voucher Tax Relief – Finance News

The Tax relief that was given to parents receiving childcare vouchers was saved this week after Gordon Brown gave in to pressure from various Labour b

Politics

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