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 ‘...
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...
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...
Banks launch challenge on PP...
The British Bankers’ Association has launched a legal challenge against the Financial ServicesAuthority and the Financial Ombudsman Service, claiming they have not properly applied rulesrelating...