Ministers are considering whether homeopathy should be put on a blacklist of treatments GPs in England are banned from prescribing, the BBC has learned.

The controversial practice is based on the principle that "like cures like", but critics say patients are being given useless...

FCA consults on remedies for payday loan price comparison websites

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 28th October 2015 15:48
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Hi all,
A question you may or may not be able to help with..
I work for the local authority and have a statement of terms and conditions of employment, they are the original ones i have had since starting the job back in 2007.
I have never agreed as far as i am aware to any changes...

BBC News - Pension exit fee consultation starts

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 31st July 2015 23:15.

The government has launched a consultation, to decide whether pension exit fees should be capped. Putting a limit on exit charges is one of...

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Proposed Hike in Court Fees !

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 31st July 2015 20:35.

The MOJ (Ministry of Justice) has announced a consultation on their proposal to yet again substantially increase court fees. They are proposing to...

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Cost of driving licence to be cut by up to 32%

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 27th April 2015 15:48.

*The cost of getting a driving licence is being cut following a recent public consultation, the government says. * The fee for drivers applying for...
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THE Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has decided cease regulating solicitors who act as insolvency practitioners despite opposition from the profession. A consultation was held on SRA regulation of solicitor insolvency practitioners in November last year in which IPs were opposed to the plans....

Money Shop could close 200 stores in restructure

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th January 2015 16:26.

*The Money Shop, a payday lender owned by US firm Dollar Financial, is in the midst of a consultation process to close as many as 200 of its 500...
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HI all,

hoping for a bit of help on this one - long story but the short version is that my employer told me that I was at risk of redundancy some months ago. After a bit of dialogue I was offered part time work instead (on part time wages, obviously). The contract for that arrangement started...

Had a monthly payment in place for ages on an egg card to cabot for £100 a month.

Suddenly had a letter yesterday that the payments are now £125 a month - starting 30th September!

Surely they cant do that without consultation with me.

I've not been in touch...

Not sure if anyone can answer this...but here goes...

My daughter is being made redundant after working 8 years for a company, lately part time but currently is on maternity leave.

She's been told the termination will be 1st January 2015, but has meantime been looking for work...

Just wondering if a new subsection for the new regulator is in order? Plenty of stuff starting to appear to do with consumer credit.

FSA website now referring everyone to the FCA and the OFT now saying it closes on the 31/3/2014

Would be interesting to see any comments from...

Hi there

Got a letter from MKDP on 31 Jan asking for £1288.36 , so having read about them being complete bar-stewards I replied with a request for, deed of assignment, copy of alleged agreement complete with all the prescribed terms etc etc,
any default/termination notice they...

Ruthbridge confirms trace team redundancies

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 10th January 2014 13:05.

Debt recovery firm Ruthbridge confirmed it has made a small number of its manual trace staff redundant following a period of consultation. The...

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