Committee slams banks over ATM charging
News Article 31 March 2005
MPs have warned banks that they are drinking in the last chance saloon over the charges levied on cash machine withdrawals.
Smuggling at 'unacceptable levels'
News Article 15 March 2005
Cigarette, alcohol and fuel smuggling cost the Exchequer nearly £4bn in 2003/04, MPs have found.
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Committee launches latest shot against credit cards
News Article 4 February 2005
MPs have continued their war against credit card companies with a hard-hitting report calling for greater consumer protection.
New warning on government tax forecasts
News Article 27 January 2005
A committee of MPs has given Gordon Brown his second warning within 24 hours about official forecasts for tax revenue.
MPs warn of free cash machine demise
Press Review 22 December 2004
Britain's network of free-to-use cash machines could disappear if the number of ATMs that charge fees carries on unchecked, MPs warned yesterday.
Brown faces grilling on public finance 'blackhole'
News Article 15 December 2004
Gordon Brown is facing questions from MPs on whether the predictions he made about the economy in the pre-Budget report are reliable.
Victory for MPs over credit cards
Press Review 26 October 2004
MPs on the Treasury select committee are to be rewarded for their campaigning work against irresponsible credit card lending, according to the FT.
Bank chiefs grilled over card charges
News Article 19 October 2004
MPs have stepped up their criticism of the interest rates being charged by credit card companies.
Stats chief to appear before MPs
Press Review 9 September 2004
Britain’s official statistician, Len Cook, is to appear before MPs on the Treasury select committee next month to explain errors in key government data.
Financial services firms slammed
Press Review 28 July 2004
Britain's financial services companies have “limped from crisis to crisis”, according to a report into the savings scandal issued today by a group of MPs.
Committee calls for savings overhaul
News Article 28 July 2004
A powerful committee of MPs has recommended radical changes that need to be made in the long-term savings industry.
Brown pledges job help for redundant civil servants
Press Review 16 July 2004
The chancellor has pledged to help civil servants who lose their jobs in the government's efficiency drive find new employment.
Brown survives Treasury committee grilling
News Article 15 July 2004
Gordon Brown has been grilled by MPs on the fine print of his comprehensive spending review.
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