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12,000 homes cut off over bills

More than 12,000 households had electricity cut off since 1997 because they failed to pay bills

6:32pm Monday 15th March 2010

More than 12,000 households have had their electricity cut off since 1997 because they failed to pay their bills, figures show.

Expats wait for pension ruling

4:12pm Monday 15th March 2010

More than half a million retired Britons living abroad could be in line for Government payouts if a group fighting a legal battle over pension rights win their case.

Credit card changes 'to save £300m'

9:39am Monday 15th March 2010

Consumers could save around £300 million a year in a crackdown on the cost of credit card borrowing, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said.

£15bn to 'repair public finances'

5:11am Monday 15th March 2010

Repairing the public finances will require tax rises or spending cuts of up to £15 billion a year, a business group has warned.

PM vows to clamp down on lenders

4:15am Monday 15th March 2010

Gordon Brown has vowed to stop credit card firms taking advantage of struggling customers by hiking interest rates.

Bank warns of jobs uncertainty

3:41am Monday 15th March 2010

The Bank of England has warned of "considerable uncertainty" over the labour market despite better recent news on jobs.

PRS royalty revenues rise to £623m

12:07am Monday 15th March 2010

The organisation which represents 65,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers has announced a 2.6% rise in revenues after digital music growth offset the decline in traditional CD and DVD formats for the first time.

House prices see slow growth

12:07am Monday 15th March 2010

Property asking prices edged ahead by just 0.1% in March as large numbers of sellers returned to the market, figures have shown.

UK unemployment 'relatively high'

12:07am Monday 15th March 2010

Unemployment in the UK is "relatively high" by European Union standards even though the jobless total increased by less than expected in the past year, according to a new report.