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The latest stories from the Your Money section of the BBC News web site.

Annuity sales 'unfair and opaque'

3 Feb 2012 at 6:01pm
The way annuities are sold is costing half a million retirees each year as much as £1bn in future pension income, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

1.1 million face £100 tax fines

3 Feb 2012 at 7:44am
Just over one million taxpayers face a penalty of £100 for failing to submit their self-assessment tax returns on time, HM Revenue and Customs says.

Personal insolvencies 'down 11%'

3 Feb 2012 at 5:09am
Fewer people were declared insolvent in 2011 in England and Wales than in 2010, but the number of companies going bust increased.

'Sale and rent back' closed down

3 Feb 2012 at 6:54am
The sale and rent back industry has been almost completely closed down, says the Financial Services Authority.

Mobility aid sellers in spotlight

3 Feb 2012 at 6:25am
Action has been taken against mobility aids traders following a warning from the regulator over sales of the products.

Hackers fool bank security system

2 Feb 2012 at 10:12am
Criminal hackers have found ways around new security devices used for online banking, the BBC has learned.

MPs reverse Lords welfare defeats

1 Feb 2012 at 4:38pm
MPs overturn a series of defeats inflicted on the government's welfare reform bill by peers, voting to reinstate child benefit into the proposed £26,000 total cap on payments.

Ash claims finally given go-ahead

1 Feb 2012 at 11:34am
Some 300 travellers with insurance claims resulting from the ash cloud disruption in May 2010 will finally have their cases resolved.

Winter freeze for UK house prices

1 Feb 2012 at 9:06am
UK house prices started the new year with a slight decline - falling by 0.2% in January compared with the previous month, the Nationwide says.

Case for tax cuts 'is stronger'

1 Feb 2012 at 4:54am
The argument for the chancellor to cut taxes to boost the economy is stronger than it was a year ago, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.

Pension scheme availability drops

1 Feb 2012 at 3:04am
The proportion of final-salary pension schemes still open to new recruits in the private sector fell last year from 18% to just 16%, figures show.

Plans for fewer MOTs are dropped

1 Feb 2012 at 5:02am
The government has given up its plans to reduce the frequency of MOT tests.

Gym contracts under investigation

31 Jan 2012 at 9:19am
Gym membership contracts are to be put under the spotlight by the fair trading regulator, following customer complaints.

UK workers 'richer but stressed'

31 Jan 2012 at 6:14pm
Britons are richer and more stressed than when the Queen came to the throne, a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has found.

Sainsbury's rebrands tiger bread

31 Jan 2012 at 7:09am
Sainsbury's is renaming its tiger bread after a letter a three-year-old girl wrote to the company, saying the bread looked more like a giraffe, went viral.

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