Regulation
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First Direct demands customer ID proof
Online and telephone bank First Direct fears its earliest customers may be money laundering criminals and is demanding proof of identity and address. Some have been customers since the bank was started in 1989. It wrote "we now hold incomplete
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Cost of courtesy cars to be capped to drive down insurance premiums
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that the cost of courtesy cars must be capped in order to further reduce the price of insurance
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David Coulthard: "F1 drivers not happy"
Former Formula One ace turned TV commentator David Coulthard has waded into the debate about whether the sport has lost its mojo due to the muted volume of this year's
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Transport Secretary to axe 'pointless' road signs
Patrick McLoughlin, Secretary of Sate for Transport, has announced new guidelines that will clampdown on the amount of 'pointless and unnecessary' signs that currently litter Britian's
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Bankers could loses bonuses after six years
Bankers might be forced to put the champagne on hold during bonus season, because the Bank of England is pushing for tougher rules that will mean that if the banker has done something wrong - or made a major mistake - their bonus can be clawed
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Mortgage lenders fail to offer protection
Nearly half of mortgage lenders are failing to offer mortgage protection insurance, British Money director Simon Burgess has claimed. A survey of 1000 new mortgage borrowers found that 46% said the cover was not offered at all. The research
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Review of 2013: what happened in the news in December
We like to forget about bills in the run-up to Christmas but problems with utility and telephone bills filled the news in December. Npower made a smoke and mirror promise to freeze bills – but only if wholesale energy prices