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Payment Protection Insurance claims firms that use details gathered by nuisance calls and texts will face hefty fines. The Ministry of Justice and the Treasury promise to put ‘claims pests in their place’. It will clamp down on the huge number of calls and unsolicited texts by firms encouraging you to lodge claims following the PPI mis-selling scandal. ‘We will not tolerate companies that waste people’s time and money through their own laziness, incompetence or dubious practices,’ says Justice minister Shailesh Vara. ‘We are ensuring those who waste everyone’s time will pay for it.’....Read more here