A frail 90-year-old woman has been threatened with eviction from a care home because the local NHS has stopped paying her fees, leaving her with unpaid bills of £5,400
Too frail to live alone at 90, but Lorna’s being thrown out of her care home – and hit with a £5,400 bill
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Girls expected to get A and A* for one in four GCSEs as results rise again
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Girls are expected to pass one in four GCSEs with grades A and A* this week as results rise for the 22nd consecutive year.
UK families face highest costs for childcare: Average weekly nursery bill is £160
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Working mothers have to fork out more for childcare in Britain than in any other country
in the developed world.
Return of the card sharks: Banks luring millions deeper into debt with ‘reckless’ credit cards
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Banks were accused last night of luring consumers back into the red with credit card offers even more generous than before the recession
Interest rates ‘may reach 8% by 2012′ adding £900 to the average mortgage as economists warn of need to curb ‘runaway inflation’
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Interest rates could increase 16-fold within two years to 8 per cent – adding £900 to the average monthly home loan bill, it was claimed last night.
Ask Gaynor: Accepting cash gifts from elderly relatives, critical illness cover and the merits of buying redundancy cover
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010This week our Personal Finance expert Gaynor Pengelly answers your questions and joins forces with Dorothy Maxwell, Financial Adviser Partner of Positive Solutions
NatWest blocked cancer sufferer’s cash
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010They call themselves the helpful bank. But NatWest bosses made a mockery of their advertising slogan by their treatment of a woman with terminal cancer.
Thousands of couples hit as wedding firm Confetti goes bust
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010The wedding plans of thousands of couples were in chaos last night after a leading wedding planning and supplies business became the latest British company to go into administration.
