Analysis shows energy companies are making £90 profit on a standard dual-fuel account – up from £65 two months ago

The 38% increase in profit margins made by energy companies in the last two months is to be scrutinised by power regulator Ofgem, which today warned it could take action to ensure providers are "playing it straight" with consumers.

The rosy picture of retirement, full of well-off pensioners impervious to public spending cuts may exist, but while some older people are fortunate enough to be in this position, they actually make up a very small part of the picture of later life in the UK.

Report shows that consumers think supermarkets are not carrying enough stock to support demand for heavily promoted cut-price deals

Some of Britain's best-known supermarket chains came under fire today in a report which shows they have angered shoppers unable to find heavily-promoted cut-price deals on the shelves.

Government claims survey justifies its plan to make pension enrollment automatic from 2012

A third of people with a workplace pension do not know how much their employer is paying into it, while six out of 10 private sector workers don't contribute to their company pension, according to government research.