The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has referred complaints about promotional offers website Groupon to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

More people are giving money to charity, but the average donation has gone down, according to new figures.

Construction sector growth slowed last month as economists warned that the prospect of a contraction in the overall economy was still firmly on the cards.

The 25th anniversary of the privatisation of British Gas falls next week - prompting the unusual question, did Sid get rich?

A pensioner drawing £10,000 a year could see nearly £47,000 shaved off their pension pot due to the High Court's decision to uphold the Government's use of the consumer price index (CPI) to calculate any increases, analysts said.

Trade unions have vowed to challenge a 2-1 majority High Court ruling that has upheld Government changes to the way annual public sector pension increases are calculated.

Confusion about pensions is widespread among British adults, with many failing to prepare for their retirement, a survey suggests.

Six insurance companies and two IT software firms have agreed to limit the data they share with each other after a trading watchdog warned their actions could dampen competition in the motor insurance market.

Wales is the fuel poverty capital of Britain, with almost a third of households there suffering, a study for uSwitch.com has found.

Almost three in four English councils are reviewing or making cuts to school transport, according to newly released figures.

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Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has sparked questions over the Government's commitment to child poverty targets inherited from Labour, with a speech in which he argued that the problem cannot be addressed by money alone.

British skiers should head east to get on the piste for the least, according to a price survey.

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced more than £430 million of funding to help councils as part of a scheme which encourages the building of new homes or bringing empty properties back in use.

Debt management firms should be banned from cold calling potential customers and charging fees up front as part of a clampdown on rogue practices in the industry, ministers have been told.

Child support money is to be deducted directly from parents' pay packets by the taxman, under proposals announced by the Government.

Women will be hit more than twice as hard as men by changes to taxes, benefits and pay announced by Chancellor George Osborne on Tuesday, Labour has said.

Most energy customers would be able to work out the cheapest deal within seconds under Ofgem's plans to increase transparency in the sector by simplifying tariffs, research from the watchdog has suggested.

Campaigners have hailed a Government U-turn over the scrapping of benefit payments for disabled people living in residential care homes.

Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King has urged banks to brace themselves for a potential eurozone collapse amid fears that Britain is caught in a second credit crunch.

Demand for agency staff remains strong, while longer term hiring intentions provide "glimmers of hope" on the employment front, according to a new report.

The Government is taking legal action to prevent the UK's welfare system being thrown open to non-working migrants from outside the European Union.

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David Cameron has challenged claims that the Government's austerity measures will increase child poverty and hit the poorest hardest.

The majority of British people are happy in spite of gloomy economic news and social disorder over the summer, according to new figures.

Services company Carillion has warned 4,500 staff that their jobs are at risk following plans to halve subsidies on solar power.

More than a quarter of employees intend to lavish gifts on their boss this Christmas, with many hoping it will help them hang on to their job, research from Capital One has found.

Austerity measures and economic stagnation are set to wipe £2,500 off families' incomes in just three years, it has been claimed.

More than a quarter of parents believe their children will never be financially independent, a new report has claimed.

Britons reduced their mortgage debt by a record £9.1 billion during the second quarter of the year, official figures have shown.

Two fifths of two-year-olds are to get free nursery education under an expansion of the scheme, George Osborne has announced.

Hard-working families are paying the price for the Government's economic failure, Ed Miliband has claimed.

Energy tariffs are "simpler than most people think" while government energy schemes are "bewildering", industry chiefs have claimed.

The Government will stop taxpayer money being used to fund trade union staff, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

The Government has risked a fresh clash with unions after the Chancellor announced plans to cap public sector pay rises to 1% when a current wage freeze ends.