Transport Trends

Overview of trends in transport and travel in Great Britain.
From Department for Transport (February 2010)
This publication presents an overview and analysis of trends in transport and travel in Great Britain over the past 25 years, and highlights some of the key issues... » Read more (PDF 1MB)...

The Financial Services Authority has estimated that insurers will have to pay about £4 billion to customers who were mis-sold the payment protection insurance (PPI)

UK's financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority has estimated that insurers will have to pay about £4 billion to customers who were mis-sold the payment protection insurance (PPI).

The authority has said yesterday that customers who have companied of the mis-sold PPI will have to be paid compensations...

Court quashes £8,000 credit card debt following mis-sold PPI

After a nine-hour hearing at Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Court on September 21, Deputy District Judge Jacqueline Smart ruled that the PPI policy had been unfairly imposed. She also threw out the rest of MBNA's case against Ms Thorius.

Ms Thorius said: "MBNA treated me appallingly from start to finish. I ticked no on the PPI option but they applied it to my account anyway."

Carl Wright of Cartel Client Review...

‘Our client’s are very happy to benefit well through our services rather than not benefit at all through others’

One of our clients called to say he was involved in a Road Traffic Accident resulting in injury not only to himself but also his family.

We offered our client £300.00 for his claim plus a referral fee of £50.00 for each member of his family (Wife and three children) who were also injured as passengers. This totaled £500.00 for our client.

In total our...

'Prime Minister wants swift bank charges compensation'

The Prime Minister has called on current account providers and the regulator to urgently 'negotiate' to prevent payout delays if bank charges are ruled unfair.

Gordon Brown spoke out on overdraft penalty charges for the first time in a letter to MoneySavingExpert.com received today.

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