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Press Releases
Below is a snapshot of the weekly Top Money Stories, starting
with the most recent news headlines from the past week.
Each of the links below opens a new page with a summary
of media items from that week.
with the most recent news headlines from the past week.
Each of the links below opens a new page with a summary
of media items from that week.
2011
- 40% of households see finances deteriorate
- UK unemployment surprisingly increases
- 'Boomerang' children cost parents £3,500 per year
- 75% of workers see pay frozen
- Higher bills hitting savings
- 70% of consumers cutting back on essentials
- 6.2 million households are ‘financially vulnerable’
- Cost of living rises for parents
- Household spending suffers biggest drop since 1977
- Single mothers to be hardest hit by cuts
- Rents reach record highs in May
- Eat or heat dilemma
- How long does it take you to get to work?
- Some debt management firms act unfairly
- Family budget further squeezed
- Repossessions rise
- Insolvencies fall
- Average couple spends £16,500 on wedding
- Firms offering misleading advice are closed down by OFT
- Average household spending power to be reduced by £1,400
- Rise in bankruptcies among the middle-class
- The Chancellor announces the 2011 Budget
- UK unemployment rate highest since 1994
- Interest rates held at 0.5%
- Average age of first time buyers could increase past 40
- Raising a child now costs £210,000
- Young people unable to afford parents' lifestyle
- Two-thirds find financial matters too confusing
- Record numbers of insolvencies in England and Wales
- UK economy contracts by 0.5%
- 39% of families are financially stretched
- 25% of people can no longer afford to save
- Using credit to pay the mortgage
2010
- OFT issues loan shark warning
- Tuition fee increase voted through
- Four million use credit cards to keep up with bills
- Over 2 million people still in debt from Christmas 2009
- More young people seeking help with debt
- 7 million people live beyond their means
- Britons dip into £100 of savings per month
- Savers losing out on £12bn a year
- The Comprehensive Spending Review
- Browne Review of Higher Education is finally released
- Benefits capped at £26,000 per year from 2013
- Government plans massive welfare reforms
- New affordable loan scheme announced
- Rents reach a two-year high
- Retirement, but not as we know it
- Interest rates on student loans rise
- Unemployment could reach 10% in the north
- A third dip into savings to plug the income gap
- Payday lending grows in popularity
- New insolvency figures released
- Compulsory retirement to be phased out
- Tax credit renewal deadline looms
- Graduate tax could be introduced
- How much do you need to live on?
- Private sector may not be able to fill the jobs void
- 2010 Emergency Budget
- Banking system criticised as confusing
- Do you have a bank account?
- Do you have any 'useless' financial products?
- Beware of loan sharks!
- PPI complaints top the list at the Ombudsman
- How much is in your bank account?
- In the midst of election fever
- House prices rise
- Plans to make financial education compulsory are dropped
- Organic food market hit by recession
- Is it time to save more?
- 2010 Budget
- Credit card changes to be introduced
- The Budget looms closer
- Need free money advice? MAM knows best
- Retirement age may have to be increased further
- Interest rates on credit cards reach a 12-year high
- Repossessions reach a 14-year high
- OFT launches campaign against scams
- UK is officially out of recession
- Loan sharks prey on thousands of families
- End of 2009 sees decline in consumer confidence
- Taking stock of your finances
2009
- How much will you spend this Christmas?
- Pre-Budget report announced
- Don't let poor children pay the price of debt
- Supreme Court finds in favour of banks
- Universities having to bail students out
- Students still waiting to receive student loans
- New regulations to ensure better customer service
- Lender fined £2.4million by FSA
- The UK remains in recession
- Brown plans to sell student loan debt
- Conservatives set out policy
- Saving levels rise
- Brakes are put on personal accounts
- Debt management companies in the spotlight
- Threatened with bankruptcy
- Decline in personal debt levels
- Youth unemployment remains an issue
- Financial planning can help relieve student money worries
- Seeking help for money worries
- Calls for a simplified tax and benefits system
- Doorstep lenders in the spotlight
- Shadow Chancellor presents his plans for the UK economy
- Unemployment rises further
- Pope calls for reform of global economy
- Student grants and loans frozen as fees rise
- FSA and CML deliver verdict on repossessions
- CBI forecast growth at the start of 2010
- FSA to regulate 'sale and rent back' companies
- 'Buy now pay later' deals on the rise
- Huge amount overpaid in tax credits
- OECD suggest the worst of the recession could be over
- Tenants becoming more indebted
- Which towns have been hardest hit by the recession?
- UK economy has shrunk by 1.9% already this year
- Big cities outside London hit hardest by recession
- The G20 get down to business
- UK just manages to avoid deflation
- Unemployment passes 2 million
- Bernard Madoff imprisoned
- Interest rates fall again
- A big pension pot comes to light
- Premium bonds prize money goes unclaimed
- Bankers appear in front of MPs
- Estimating the true cost of the snow
- Ups and downs in the jobs market
- UK officially in recession
- Think tank predicts the UK economy is in recession
- M&S to cut 1,230 jobs
2008
- No house price forecasts for 2009
- How are you affording Christmas this year?
- 1 in 4 are worried about their ability to repay debts in the future
- How will the Pre-Budget Report affect you?
- Retailers slash prices
- Fear of homelessness
- How much will you spend this Christmas?
- Repossessions rise
- ISMI to be extended in January 2009...
- Sale and Rent Back schemes need to be more tightly regulated
- Stock markets tumble
- US bailout debate ongoing...
- How confident are you feeling?
- A changing landscape
- Gordon Brown reveals energy plans
- Gordon Brown launches "rescue package"
- House prices drop by 10.5% a year
- UK disposable income is at its lowest level for 11 years
- Young families worst hit by rising prices
- How much does a holiday really cost?
- Renew your tax credits now
- Singles struggling with their finances
- Don't withdraw cash with your credit card!
- One in three grow vegetables at home
- After-tax income falls by £8 per family
- One in four Brits worried about finances
- House prices fall by 2.4% in May
- Half the UK workforce has less than 4 months' savings
- Credit card defaults on the horizon
- Right to flexible working expanded
- Repossession orders rise by 17%
- Children bail their parents out of debt
- Credit crunch reprieve?
- One million have problem unsecured debt
- Up to 100,000 to be released from Fuel Poverty
- Mortgages Withdrawn from the Market
- Do you want to earn tax free interest?
- US interest rates slashed by 0.75%
- Budget 2008 – Are you a winner?
- One in Five worried about Mortgage Repayments
- Oil prices hit record highs
- Top money stories - 18th - 24th February 2008
- Top money stories - 11th - 17th February 2008
- Top money stories - 4th - 8th February 2008
- Market Jitters Jan 2008
- Top money stories - 28th - 1st February 2008
- Top money stories - 21st - 27th January 2008
- Top money stories - 14th - 20th January 2008
- Top money stories - 7th - 13th January 2008
- Top money stories - 2nd - 6th January 2008
2007
- Top Money Stories Dec 3rd ~ Dec 7th 2007
- Top Money Stories Nov 26th ~ Nov 30th 2007
- Top Money Stories Nov 19th ~ Nov 23rd 2007
- Top Money Stories Nov 12th ~ Nov 15th 2007
- Top Money Stories Nov 12th ~ Nov 15th 2007
- Top Money Stories Nov 05th ~ Nov 10th 2007
- Top Money Stories Oct 29th ~ Nov 2nd 2007
- Top Money Stories October 22nd ~ 28th 2007
- Coming Soon – moneybasics Spendometer
- Top Money Stories - 15th to 20th 2007
- Pre-budget report 2007 QA
- Top money stories - 8th - 14th October 2007
- Top money stories - 1st - 7th October 2007
- Top money stories - 24th - 30th September 2007
- The Credit Crunch – What does it mean?
- Top money stories - 17th - 23rd September 2007
- Top money stories - 25th Aug - 5th September 2007
- Top money stories - 18th - 24th August 2007
- Top money stories - 6th - 12th August 2007
- Top money stories - 30th July - 5th August 2007
- Top money stories - 21st - 27th July 2007
- Top money stories - 7th - 13th July 2007
- Top money stories - 2nd - 8th July 2007
- Top money stories - 9th - 15th June 2007
- Top money stories - 4th - 8th June 2007
- Credit Card Calculator Launched
- Top money stories 28 May ~ 3rd June 2007
- Top money stories 14 ~ 18 May 2007
- Top money stories - 7 ~11 May 2007
- Top money stories - 30 April ~ 4 May 2007
- Top money stories - 16 ~ 20 April 2007
- Top money stories - 2 ~ 6 April 2007
- Top money stories - 26 ~ 30 March 2007
- Top money stories - 19 ~ 23 March 2007
- The Budget - 2007
- A day in the debt life of Britain
- Top money stories - 5 ~ 9 March 2007
- Top money stories - 19 ~ 23 February 2007
- Top money stories - 12 ~ 16 February 2007
- Top money stories - 5 ~ 9 February 2007
- Top money stories - 29 January ~ 2 February 2007
- Top money stories - 22~26 January 2007
- New year, new money worries?
- Interest rates rise again - up to 5.25%
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