Ofcom has set out new proposals to stamp out slamming and other forms of mis-selling in the fixed line telecoms market.

Cases of widespread mis-selling of financial products are to be handled as a group to limit harm to consumers and speed up compensation claims

The FSA penalises five car dealers for failing to monitor advice given by their sales staff as it steps up its campaign against payment protection insurance mis-selling

Treasury minister Stephen Timms has revealed that the Financial Ombudsman Service is still receiving over 500 complaints a week concerning mis-selling of payment protection insurance.

The man from the Pru has taken a lot of stick over the last several years. There was his ill-advised foray into estate agency, his misadventures in pensions mis-selling, his misadventures in endowment policy mis-selling, his dividend cut, his rights issue, his unfortunate CEO sacking, his spurning of marriage (at 1.50 above the current share price), etc etc.But this weekend at least, taxpayers sho...

The Financial Services Authority will step up intervention to tackle poor market practices, defend customers and force companies to treat complaints fairly

Treasury minister Stephen Timms has revealed that the Financial Ombudsman Service is still receiving over 500 complaints a week concerning mis-selling of payment protection insurance.

One reason that new technology is so slow to break through is the fact that it's organised by big business and government. Once people realise that they can take control of their own energy planning, the technology already exists to get rid of the oil companies, the power companies and the mass-produced car companies. If Greens really want to be Green, they can just do it, like this guy is doing. ...

Are ministers being blackmailed? Yes, according to the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. He says it's the energy companies who are doing it. He claims that the message coming from the companies to ministers, who are asking them to fund more help for people struggling to pay their fuel bills is - in effect - if you force us to cough up for that we won't invest in the new nuclear power stations a...

The chairman of a company fined £1.12m for pension mis-selling has been appointed by two cabinet ministers to head the government's new drive for more apprenticeships in the private sector. Simon Waugh, the chairman of AWD De Vere Wealth Management, has been made chief executive of the National Apprenticeship Service by Ed Balls, the schools secretary, and John Denham, the universities ...