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Home buyer mortgages hit two-year high

The number of mortgages approved for house purchase rose to its highest level for nearly two years during October as buyers continued to return to the market, figures showed today.

The Supreme Court's ruling this week was a blow to consumers

Bank charges case will mean better deals for us

They may have won the battle, but banks won't dare take liberties with the public anymore

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The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, wants to rein in higher rate tax relief for those earning more than £150,000 from 2011

Are you missing out your pension tax relief?

Under some pension schemes the onus is on higher rate taxpayers to claim their tax relief, but many don't realise they are failing to recoup thousands.

Scams growing as tax deadline looms

A record 83,000 scam emails offering fake tax refunds were reported to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in September. What’s more, use of the technique, known as phishing, seems to be growing in the run-up to the 31 October deadline for paper self-assessment tax returns, with an unprecedented 10,000 reports of the fraud made to HMRC on one day alone.