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The UK inflation rate in November was the highest in six months, official figures show.

Low interest rates mean a quarter of UK homeowners are at least £200 a month better off today than they were this time last year, according to the Bank of England (BoE).

Hundreds of thousands of high-earners face tax rates of up to 250% because of the Government's pensions changes.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has held interest rates at 0.5% for the ninth consecutive month.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has hailed the appointment of the EU's new finance chief as a chance to clamp down on City of London excesses, in a direct rebuke to the British government's handling of the economic crisis.

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...