| | House price 'bubble' warning
| | Building Societies are warning the government about a future house price bubble, unless it plans how to end its Help to Buy programme.
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| | Lloyds 'aware of' Co-op's black hole
| | The bosses of the Lloyds Banking Group tell MPs that they knew there was a black hole in the accounts of the Co-op Bank, four months before a vital deal with them collapsed.
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| | More strike days at Post Offices
| | Post Office workers will go on two more one-day strikes before the end of June, in an ongoing dispute over closures, job security and pay.
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| | Pensioners' incomes 'rising fastest'
| | UK pensioners' incomes have risen faster than all other age groups in the last 30 years, a study shows, with the change called a "triumph of social policy".
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| | Divorce cases top legal complaints
| | Divorce cases have prompted the most complaints about lawyers in the last year with individuals being urged to shop around for legal advice.
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| | Home buyers face deposit challenge
| | Figures offer a glimmer of hope for first-time buyers trying to raise a deposit, although those with the smallest savings still face difficulty.
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| | One in six children in poverty
| | At least one out of every six children in the UK lives in relative poverty, according to data released by the Department for Work and Pensions.
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| | 'Name firms that mistreat consumers'
| | Regulators should name and shame businesses which fail to correct bad practices, a charity says, as planned new consumer protection laws are outlined.
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| | Oil tycoon wife wins divorce ruling
| | The Supreme Court rules in favour of a Nigerian oil tycoon's wife, in a case that lawyers say could have significant implications for some wealthy divorcing couples.
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| | Tenants face 'out of control' fees
| | Lettings agents in England charge tenants an average of £350 in fees on top of a deposit and up-front rent, a housing charity has said.
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| | Bridge goes toll-free as staff leave
| | Cyclists and walkers using an historic bridge in Gwynedd can cross it for free after the toll collectors left - but taxpayers face a £23,000 bill to help maintain it.
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| | Rich elderly 'should shun benefits'
| | Wealthy elderly people who do not need benefit payments to help with fuel bills or free travel should voluntarily give the money back, Iain Duncan Smith says.
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| | 'Signs of life' in housing market
| | UK house prices registered their first annual rise since October 2010, rising by 1.3% in January compared with a year earlier, the Halifax says.
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| | The bank branch of the future?
| | As a deal to transfer more than 600 Lloyds branches to the Co-op collapses, some are questioning whether the bank of the future needs a branch network at all.
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| | Commissions banned on new sales
| | Financial sales staff and advisers can no longer be paid commissions by the firms whose policies - such as private pensions and investments - that they are selling.
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| | The myth of working from home
| | Yahoo has banned its staff from "remote" working. After years of predictions, why is working from home not the norm?
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| | Recession 'boosts self-employment'
| | The number of self-employed people in the UK has increased by nearly 10% since the start of the economic crisis, an official report has found.
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| | One in 10 workers underemployed
| | One in 10 of all workers in the UK is unable to work as many hours as they want or need to, an official study of underemployment shows.
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| | VIDEO: Your Money: Making cash complaints
| | This week's Your Money looks at advice on how to deal with complaints about financial services, whether your book collection is a possible goldmine, and the challenges facing parents and children in an increasingly cashless society.
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