Forum Brief: Mortgages
Policy Consultation 6 May 2004
Comment from the Consumers' Association, Nationwide and the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
Forum Brief: Store cards
Policy Consultation 19 March 2004
Comment from the Liberal Democrats, the National Consumer Council, the Consumers Association and Nationwide.
Forum Brief: Budget - Economy
Policy Consultation 17 March 2004
Comment from: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; Association of British Insurers; the Investment Management Association; the Country Land and Bussiness Association; and the Corporation of London Nationwide and Institute of Directors, and the British Retail Consortium, and the Association of Accounting Technicians
Forum Brief: Miles Review
Policy Consultation 12 March 2004
Comments from the Council of Mortgage Lenders and Barclays and Nationwide
Forum Brief: Credit cards
Policy Consultation 13 February 2004
Comment from Nationwide and the Association for payment clearing services.
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Forum Brief: Offshore outsourcing
Policy Consultation 14 January 2004
Nationwide Building Society has announced that it has opted against closing its network of UK call centres.
Forum Brief: Queen's Speech - Other bills
Policy Consultation 26 November 2003
Forum members comment on the government's legislative proposals on a range of topics.
Forum Brief: Consumer debt
Policy Consultation 16 October 2003
Following the recent study by Leeds University into UK consumer debt, the credit card industry has announced plans to commission an independent assessment of all the recent reports and the
Forum Brief: Work-life balance
Policy Consultation 3 September 2003
To mark work-life balance week, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Work Foundation have both published studies on the issue.
Forum Brief: Affordable homes
Policy Consultation 2 June 2003
House prices are still affordable in the UK despite the recent property boom, a report has claimed.
Forum Brief: Credit card transparency
Policy Consultation 16 May 2003
Following an article for ePolitixPlus by Labour MP Barry Gardiner, the Nationwide Building Society has called for other providers to help increase transparency in the credit card market.
Forum Brief: Budget - Housing
Policy Consultation 9 April 2003
The chancellor has announced that he is to freeze stamp duty on homes and business property purchases.
Forum Brief: Retirement Age
Policy Consultation 20 March 2003
An Age Concern/ICM poll has found that 76 per cent of workers are opposed to being forced to retire at a fixed age.
