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Payday lenders Wonga to fund Channel 5 endurance challenge show
Thursday 25 July 2013
Channel 5 has teamed up with payday lenders Wonga to make a new endurance show for the channel.
Money alert: Letting agent fees
Friday 19 July 2013
MPs this week called for tougher rules for "cowboy" letting agents. Last month Shelter said that agents were "out of control" and forcing millions into debt.
Has your child racked up a sky-high iPad bill? Parents, take some responsibility
Thursday 18 July 2013
Only an irresponsible parent allows unlimited iPad access. Children are not allowed to put items in supermarket trolleys without permission - the principle is identical.
Families are forced to 'rely' on payday loans
Friday 12 July 2013
Fast action needed to stop more people falling victim to the rogue lenders
Five questions about: Extended warranties
Friday 12 July 2013
Aren't they expensive and a waste of time?
IT giants face investigation over Whitehall contracts
Thursday 04 July 2013
Government IT suppliers are in danger of a competition investigation after the trading watchdog turned its spotlight on the £10.4bn public sector computing market.
Watchdog turns spotlight on public sector IT costs
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Government IT suppliers are in danger of a competition probe after the UK’s trading watchdog turned its spotlight on the £10.4 billion public sector computing market today.
British firms rapped over virtually identical responses to consultations over reforms to way they are governed
Tuesday 02 July 2013
Shareholder voting advisor Pirc has attacked British companies for producing virtually identical responses to consultations on a series of crucial reforms to the way they are governed.
Payday lending advertising faces ban under hard-hitting new rules
Tuesday 02 July 2013
Payday lending advertising could be banned under hard-hitting new rules being considered by the new City Watchdog.
'Toxic' loans industry scrutinised at summit
Sunday 30 June 2013
Payday lenders, regulators, charities and government ministers will be brought together on Monday to tackle the problems in the loan industry.
Cheshire East Council blocks payday loan websites from public computers
Tuesday 25 June 2013
First English council to act against the lenders, following a similar move by councils in Dundee and Renfrewshire
Tough probe into payday loan firms
Sunday 23 June 2013
Commission to launch an investigation after companies fail the trading watchdog's tests
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth is consultant to payday lender QuickQuid
Saturday 15 June 2013
Former defence minister advising firm under fire for exorbitant interest rates
'Out of control' letting agent fees are forcing tenants to go without food, says Shelter
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Housing charity discovers agencies were charging renters more than £350 on average to set up a tenancy, on top of deposits and up-front rent
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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