The number of mortgage products available surpassed 2,500 last week, for the first time since May 2009.

Economic growth prospects remain positive, despite a drop in confidence among businesses, according to the Lloyds TSB business barometer.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) failed to answer 44 million phone calls last year, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept eurozone interest rates on hold at 1% for the eighth consecutive month.

Home buyers in November used a smaller percentage of their income to cover their mortgage interest than at any time in the past five years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

John McFall MP and chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, has received a Which? Consumer Champion award for his role in grilling bankers during the financial crisis.

Germany's economy shrank by 5% in 2009, suffering its biggest contraction since the Second World War as exports fell sharply, according to official data.

City of London police made 12 arrests over the Christmas period in Manchester and Sunderland in connection with one of Europe's biggest share frauds, in which hundreds of victims lost in excess of £20m.

Despite ongoing economic turbulence and market volatility almost half of investors (44%) are bullish in their outlook for 2010, according to research.

RBS chief Stephen Hester said today that even his parents think he earns too much.