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Net mortgage lending grew by £0.9bn last month, with house purchases driving growth, according to the Bank of England.

The Bank of England gave secret, emergency loans worth over £60bn to RBS and HBOS during last year's financial crisis.

A pensioner is fighting to claw back almost £18,000 in commission and charges that were snatched from his pension just a year before he planned to retire.

The UK's main measure of inflation has increased on the back of rising oil prices.

A member of The Bank of England's rate-setting committee said last night the economy had emerged from recession in the quarter between July and September - contradicting initial figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), reports The...

Consumers will get lessons in financial awareness paid for by banks in plans expected in the Queen's Speech this week.

Hector Sants, chief executive of the FSA, is warming to suggestions he could become deputy governor at the Bank of England under a Tory Government.

Better-than-expected unemployment figures and a rosier growth forecast from the Bank of England raised hopes yesterday that Britain was beginning to claw its way towards economic recovery.

There is growing fear of inflation in the UK and US markets as shown by increasing demand for government securities offering protection from rising prices, reports the Financial Times.

Interest rates have been held at 0.5% by the Bank of England for the eighth consecutive month.