Benefit claimants offered cheap stamps
Royal Mail came under fire yesterday after they made the announcement to offer more than five million benefit claimants the chance to buy stamps at discounted prices. The company have…
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Parents Spend Almost £2,000 Before A Baby Is Even Born
Purchasing a new cot, pram and car set for an expectant new-born can be pricey but the actual costs of preparing for a new baby have been revealed in a…
Insurers fined for file tampering
RBS owned insurance companies Direct Line and Churchill has been fined for tampering with files. The files in question are customer compaint files which had been submitted to the Financial…
Tougher times ahead for disability car cheats
Cheats who abuse the Motability Car Scheme are in for a tougher time. The warning comes as the disability car charity moves to fully implement changes following a review of…
Sell by dates could be a thing of the past – saving families hundreds a year
Clearer date labels will help shoppers save money and stop perfectly good food being thrown away, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said today as Defra published new guidance for food and…
In just 12 months students cost of living has gone up £42.56 per month
The monthly cost of being a student has risen by £42.56 in the last twelve months according to analysis* by Family Investments, a leading children’s saving provider. Students have seen…
Barclays cuts fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.41 percentage points
In its eighth rate reduction in a row Barclays yesterday made cuts of up to 0.41 percentage points to 60 per cent of its Woolwich fixed rate mortgage range. The…
Who needs a degree? UK’s self-made vocational elite worth £17.6 billion
A-level students might think twice about their career options as research released to celebrate WorldSkills London 2011 the UK's biggest showcase of vocational skills for over 20 years reveals the…
Britains got talent benefit fraud
THE mother of a Britain's Got Talent finalist has been exposed as a benefits cheat after receiving more then GBP20,000 in social security she was not entitled to. Mandy Davis,…
Government to suspend general budget support to Malawi
Malawi will no longer receive general budget support from the UK Government, Andrew Mitchell announced today. The International Development Secretary took the decision after the Government of Malawi repeatedly failed…
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