Finance chief who abused position to siphon off £236,000 from institution sentenced to 20 months

In the 2010-11 season, Premier League wages rose by £201m (14 per cent) to almost £1.6bn

Credit card lending has contracted by the biggest monthly amount since 2006 amid consumers' determination to pay down their debts, Bank of England figures showed today.

Communities in England were today offered £17 million to help them take advantage of a new scheme allowing them to build facilities like family homes, shops, children's playgrounds and community halls.

Almost 1,000 two-year-olds are to benefit from free childcare a year early, after it was decided to bring forward trials in 10 areas in England to this September, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today.

With a Halifax mortgage you could have more money to spend on furnishing your new home, as Halifax may pay half the stamp duty

With a Halifax mortgage you could have more money to spend on furnishing your new home, as Halifax may pay half the stamp duty

House prices increased by 0.2% during this month, but the rise was only driven by London and the South, a study said today.

The Labour leader reacts angrily to reports of uniformed soldiers being discriminated against

Another base rate cut would not bring relief to most mortgage-holders

The latest figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders made grim reading this week, as it reported new lending was at its lowest for 12 months. It was estimated that £10.2bn was lent in April, almost 20 per cent lower than the March figures which were inflated due to first-time buyers trying to complete their purchases before the stamp duty concession came to an end.

Figures yesterday from Paragon show there is still an active market in buy-to-let properties.

A welfare-to-work company owned by David Cameron's former families tsar has been accused of being involved in a vast fraud scandal in which there was "systemic" misuse of public money.