Inside view
Local authorities haven't always been quick to take up the gauntlet of e-payments. For a long time, we have made our way individually, working out unique solutions in iso...
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Don't be afraid of throwing down the gauntlet to banks
Last month I wrote in Jobs & Money about the late payment charges made by most credit card companies. These typically involve the levying of around £25 on the ac...
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Now the taxman's after your pay-out
Thousands of victims of financial mis-selling will be forced to pay tax on their compensation payments, it was revealed this week.
In a stark warning, the Inland Revenu...
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OFT targets credit card penalties
Should you be obliged to pay a penalty of £20 or more for being just a few days late in settling your monthly credit card bill?
Legally, the grounds for pursuing s...
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Put the tab on my mobile
In what looks like the first major blurring between telecommunications companies, credit card networks and banks, a conglomerate of mobile networks is launching a system ...
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The cheque's not in the post
Around 10,000 businesses go to the wall in the UK each year because of late payment of debts, with an estimated £7bn in overdue bills owed to small firms at any one ...
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Council tax: How a million pensioners are paying too much
Pensioner groups this week accused the government of failing to publicise council tax benefits that could save more than a million retired people hundreds of pounds on th...
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Selling off by stealth is here to stay
If you take the recent discussion about co-payments at face value, you would be forgiven for thinking that they don't in fact exist. Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair have r...
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Should I get emergency call out cover?
Save the premiums
All insurance schemes generate profit for those running them, otherwise they would not exist and the promoters would go bust. Obviously it makes sense ...
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Number's up for card fraudsters
Many British shoppers are already familiar with the latest manifestation of the cashless society because they have encountered it abroad. The UK has lagged behind countri...
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