Buckingham Palace is in need of maintenance work costing £150m. Some rooms haven't been decorated since before the Queen ascended the throne but how have they fared, asks Justin Parkinson.

Labour's Clement Attlee was prime minister. Wolverhampton Wanderers won the FA Cup. Nato was created....

RBS and NatWest whacked with a £14.4million fine

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 27th August 2014 11:03.

*for dishing out bad advice to mortgage customers* * *Only two of 164 sales reviewed met the required standard* * *Sales advisers gave...

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copycat website that enticed thousands of taxpayers

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 10th August 2014 16:00.

Follow up: How bosses at copycat website Taxreturngateway sang 'We're In The Money' as they racked up £7m in just FOUR MONTHSThe extraordinary......

Atos quietly dropped from carrying out repeat reassessments by DWP, internal memo shows


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/atos-quietly-dropped-from-carrying-out-repeat-reassessments-by-dwp-internal-memo-shows-9151893.html

This is quite new and from what I can gather not involved with the PPI, but its found that Lloyds Bank sold a cover like CPP, or added it on........
Am still trying to research more on this one.....

Check this out here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2551949...

Laundering Fears Prompt RBS Account Closures

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th February 2014 08:17.

*Concerns over money-laundering and a clampdown on costs are behind a decision to close thousands of RBS accounts* The taxpayer-backed Royal Bank...
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Small firms betrayed as Lloyds culls advisers:

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 29th January 2014 10:08.

120,000 firms face having to get lending help on the phone * *Critics accuse taxpayer-backed bank of turning its back on small businesses* *...

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RBS/NatWest promise: 'We will compensate for glitch'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd December 2013 13:29.

*The banks issued a grovelling apology for Monday's systems fiasco and invited customers to detail 'out of pocket experiences'* RBS executives......

Autumn Statement 2013: Britain can no longer afford welfare state, warns Osborne

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd December 2013 13:34.

*George Osborne will set out more details on his planned cap on welfare spending in the Autumn Statement on Thursday*...

Atos, paid no corporation tax last year despite carrying out £2billion of taxpayer-funded work

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 12th November 2013 15:41.

*Two of the country

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Taxpayer to be lumbered with Fred Goodwin's court bill

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 25th September 2013 14:44.

*...............as RBS faces court action by small shareholders* As if the new Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, Ross McEwan, did not have......

Benefit cap 'could be lowered

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 16th July 2013 10:23.

Chancellor George Osborne is considering lowering the maximum amount families can claim in benefits to £20,000 a year, Treasury sources say. A...

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Ever wondered how much they pay for your debt to hassle you and make your life miserable.

Have a read of this and see what our friends pay.

Disgusting to think its 4%. And if this is an average just think what a crap portfolio costs. Do the banks actually pay them to take...

Overseas UK pensions 'blocked for spouses'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 6th May 2013 09:19.

People living abroad will no longer be entitled to a British state pension based solely on their spouse's work history, under government plans....

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There's been weeks of debate over how much money benefits claimants should receive. But just how little money can someone realistically get by on?
The government says no family on benefits should receive more than the £26,000 - after tax - the average family earns.
A...