Legal
Scam alert over bogus offers...
Scammers are conning one in 20 people to part with cash by bombarding homes by phone, mail and online by duping them with fake offers. Consumer champions the Office of Fair trading has set up a ‘...
HMRC sends in the heavies fo...
HM Revenue & Customs will arrange for debt collectors to let loose on taxpayers to recover around £1.5bn of outstanding taxes and other money owed. The actual purge might find the collectors...
OFT closes down rogue debt a...
Consumer watchdogs are putting the bite on debt management firms accused of failingcustomers who are struggling to manage their money. The OFT (Office of Fair Trading) is taking licensing action again...
Osborne may scrap fuel duty...
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has said that he may cancel a previously planned increase in fuel tax this year. Gordon Brown’s Labour government had proposed a penny per litre increa...