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Ofgem-led summit pinpoints help on fuel poverty
A summit led by energy regulator Ofgem has agreed a package of measures to improve the targeting of help on customers facing increasing hardship created by the rising cost of energy.
Britain finally faces up to financial reality and reins in on spending
Alliance Trust Research Centre's Financial Reality Index highlights the worsening financial reality facing households and points to household spending growth cooling over the year ahead.
Mobile phone providers fail to impress
Not a single mobile phone network provider scored highly enough to achieve Best Buy status in a recent customer satisfaction survey by which.co.uk.
Brits consider ethical issues when shopping
New research by The Co-operative Bank think card has revealed the majority of Brits (61%) now consider ethical issues when shopping.
6.8 million households in debt to energy suppliers
New research from uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service, reveals that 6.8 million households (26%) are ‘in the red' to energy suppliers.
Magnifying the small print
Recent research shows broadband users are falling foul of extra charges as a result of not reading the small print.
Wannabe middle class Brits rack up £35 billion of debt
We're all middle class now... or so we thought. How many Brits who classify themselves as middle class are actually working class by financial standing?
Brits want to give more to charity
A survey published by the Charities Aid Foundation has found that we think we should be much more charitable than in fact we are. Nearly one third (29%) of us believe we should all aim to give two per cent or more of our income to charity each year.
Britain lands the wrong bill
At a time when household budgets are being squeezed more than ever, the last thing Brits need is to be landed with an incorrect bill. However, in the last three months over eight million people have been overcharged.
Energy providers profit from home-mover confusion
Fool.co.uk has unearthed a crafty tactic by utility companies that traps homeowners when they move into their new homes.
Brits prepared to pay 10% more for "green goods"
40 per cent of Brits - 18.4 million people - are prepared to put their money where their mouth is and pay extra for environmentally friendly products, according to new research from online bank cahoot.
Internet first port of call for financial information
Research carried out by fairinvestment.co.uk has found that more than half of people questioned would go online to find information about financial products.
Image conscious Brits ignore credit crisis
Over a third (36%) of Britons admit to judging people based on what they wear, with many of us tempted to spend beyond our means in order to appear ‘well-off' to our peers despite the recent credit crisis, according to new research from CreditExpert.co.uk.
moneysupermarket.com: npower ONE
Commenting on today's launch of npower ONE, Paul Schofield, head of utilities at price comparison site moneysupermarket.com, said: "npower ONE - with its fixed price and basic boiler cover - is £230 more than npower SOL10, which is currently the cheapest product on the market.
Elderly hit hardest by high food and energy costs
Inflation hit the over 75 year olds the hardest in March - this age group faces an inflation rate of 3.4%, according to a study by Alliance Trust. Inflation rates facing all other identified age groups decreased slightly in March but still remained ahead of the official headline rate of inflation of 2.5%.