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BT is still charging £1.75 per month for free caller display
The service is supposed to be free those who pay for 12 months' line rental in advance
Pre-paid currency cards: the cheaper alternative
Most banks add a foreign usage fee to all credit card cash and purchase transactions
Questions of Cash: My Mitsubishi Outlander was going nowhere fast
When a reader's car developed a strange noise, the dealer told her that the repair might not be covered by the warranty
Weekly Money: the stories we noticed 18 to 22 January
The personal finance stories you may have missed this week
E.On cuts gas costs as complaints keep flowing
The Big Six energy companies are in the dock over overcharging claims
Pension changes: how flat rate tax relief could affect you
The Chancellor looks set to introduce a flat rate tax relief scheme on pension contributions
Property prices continue to climb - but not in Wales and Scotland
Home prices are booming in England, but beginning to flatten out north and west of the border
Consumers 'fleeced' at petrol pumps as oil prices hit 12-year low
Motorists pay an extra 5p per litre of petrol as oil profits shoot up
Should investors 'sell everything' or keep calm and carry on?
A Royal Bank of Scotland chief has told investors to flee the markets, but Simon Read finds share forecasts are fallible and panic selling brings losses
Aviva doubled customer's premium for home insurance
Reader Peter Timberlake last year paid £1,270.37, but when the paperwork came through from the insurance broker, the premium to renew was quoted as £2,589.39, a staggering 103 per cent increase
Interest rate rise: We can't keep dancing around our debts
Many borrowers are not prepared for rate rises, with some not even aware that the cost of borrowing could rise this year
Questions of Cash: B&Q; needed two attempts to get our kitchen right
An Independent reader has repeatedly contacted B&Q about the fault, with no success
My credit card application has been turned down
Donald MacInnes was rejected because some of the numbers on the photocopy of his passport were not legible
Tax warning: just over two weeks to get your tax return in
Don't risk being fined by the tax authorities. Sort out your tax affairs before the end of the month
Energy companies accused of overcharging consumers by £3bn
Critics claim gas and electricity companies have failed to pass on savings on wholesale prices
Will you be able to afford to retire? Many think they won't
Rising costs and debt have left many with no means of putting away money for their future
Fixed rate energy tariff deals: switch now to save up to £258
Some 24 fixed energy tariffs end this month. It'll be costly if you don't act to switch to another deal
Pensioner Bonds: It's time to take the money and run
George Osborne promised the bonds would provide "certainty and comfort" for over-65s, but the certainty turned out to be short-lived as, from the end of this month, the interest paid almost halves
The battle of the 0% deal is under way
This has been swiftly followed by Halifax upping its 0 per cent balance transfer term to 38 months, and Lloyds Bank pitching in with a 30-month card with just a 1 per cent balance transfer fee
Questions of Cash: Where were Extra Energy's 'high standards'?
An Independent reader contacted the company 15 times about a refund