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Repossess our home? But we've got PPI
When Julie Moss and Barry Goodison took out a mortgage to buy their council home, they thought they had done everything right: they could afford the mortgage and had taken out payment protection insurance (PPI) to cover the monthly payments should one of them lose their job.
Nurseries: Is a fiver a minute enough to stop parents exploiting them?
Struggling parents are being hit with fines of up to £300 an hour for late collection of their children from nurseries.
Make your money work for a good cause too
Do you want your money to work for you and for your favourite charities this Christmas? There are a number of ways to do this, from buying presents through specialist credit cards to giving your children and grandchildren investments that benefit charity – but you need to look closely at the terms, as not all of them are as generous as they initially look.
Caribbean property investors fear for their deposits
Buyers of Caribbean holiday homes from a British developer fear their flats and villas will never be built and that they may lose tens of thousands of pounds.
Why no free room at the Holiday Inn?
My mother spent her last few days in an Oxford hospice and, to be with her at the end, my sister and I stayed for three nights in two rooms at the local Holiday Inn Express.
Shares not always fair since 2000
In a decade dominated by the rise of China, the expansion of the internet and the proliferation of mobile phones, the best stockmarket investment was – cigarettes.
Protect the vulnerable from mis-selling
In May, my 89-year-old mother was persuaded by a cold-calling telephone adviser from Sat Link Services Limited of Bognor Regis to take out an annual £60 insurance policy for satellite TV equipment that she doesn't even have.
Northern Rock closing argument about my lost interest
I recently tried to open a one-year fixed-rate bond account with Northern Rock.
Investment funds a mixed bag for noughties investors
It invests in goldmines – and it became a goldmine.
How have gold and cash investments fared in the noughties?
Gold