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FCA plans to allow lenders longer to respond to car finance complaints

The City regulator plans to intervene in the car loan mis-selling scandal, in a move that could give lenders up to a year to respond to the rising number...

UK energy suppliers to spend £500m to cushion pain of rising bills

Energy suppliers will spend £500m helping customers with their energy bills this winter, after the government helped broker...

E.ON must pay £14.5m to prepayment customers after billing failures

The energy regulator has ordered power supplier E.ON Next to pay £14.5m in compensation to nearly 250,000 prepayment...

Santander puts aside £295m for car loan mis-selling

Santander UK has put aside £295m to cover potential payouts to car loan customers, as the bank issued...

Jekyll and Hyde managers: why they’re worse than consistently horrible bosses

Name: Jekyll and Hyde managers. Age: Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, as you’ll know of course, was published in 1886....

I was knocked over at a Taylor Swift show and ended up with concussion

I was queueing to get into the Taylor Swift concert at Wembley Stadium in August when a gust of wind blew a metal barrier...

I’m a farmer – and I’m glad to see tax loopholes closing for cynical investor landowners | Guy Singh-Watson

Should multimillionaire landowners benefit from a tax break designed to help small family farms pass down their land to their children? This is a...

NHS-branded baby formula could prevent parents paying too much, watchdog says

The government could offer its own low-cost baby formula under a brand such as the NHS to combat the high prices and lack of...

Beautifully renovated homes in England and Scotland – in pictures

Somerford Keynes, GloucestershireThis charmingly rustic cottage of Cotswolds stone has undergone a series of renovations including a rear extension and a loft conversion and,...

Cost increases for shops and pubs are real and large. Pity the small operators | Nils Pratley

Wednesday’s number of the day in the UK corporate scene was £60m. It is what Marks & Spencer expects to pay extra in employers’...

Why should I bother paying into a pension if we’re all doomed?

If the end of the world is really nigh, should I be investing in shorter-term savings schemes rather than a pension? I currently contribute...