Watchdog
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Boys retrieve football from neighbour's yard guarded by watchdog
These boys accidentally threw their football into the neighbour's yard while practising. To get it back without being attacked by the neighbour's watchdog, the three of them distracted it by climbing over the fence from different spots
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BBC Watchdog accuses RAC of selling batteries motorists don't need
RAC patrolmen have been accused of selling batteries to stranded motorists when they don't actually need them. The BBC's Watchdog programme revealed last night that some drivers had faced charges of up to £122 for a replacement battery
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Watchdog pushes back key report on energy market competition
Consumers will have longer to wait before they discover the findings of a crucial report into Britain's energy market, it has been confirmed. The deadline for the investigation, which looks at potential competition failings in the sector
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MPs get a pay rise - but many refuse to accept the extra 10%
David Cameron faces a furious backlash after the 10% pay hike for MPs was confirmed today – despite the rest of the public sector being capped at 1% for another four years. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) said
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Second-largest payday lender exits the market
The Cheque Centre, the second biggest payday lender in the UK, has withdrawn from the market, after coming under scrutiny from the Financial Conduct Authority over the way it approached customers who ran up debts. What did it do wrong? And what
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MPs deserve 'one-off uplift' in pay
MPs deserve a "one-off uplift" in their salaries, the head of the watchdog responsible for their pay and perks has insisted ahead of the publication of plans expected to set out an 11% rise. Independent Parliamentary Standards
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Watchdog rejects water bill rise
Thames Water's bid to hike customers' water bills by an extra £29 next year has been thrown out by the industry regulator. Ofwat said the 8% one-off increase to households' average bills of £354 could not be justified, confirming
