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James Constantinou, who owns Prestige Pawn, a brokers in Guildford, Surrey, says more and more people are looking for quick cash amid the cost-of-living crisis and high interest rates

The economy marked a slowdown from growth of 0.4% in March and was dragged down by weaker-than-usual retail sales over Easter and a fall in construction output

The Competition and Markets Authority is considering whether the deal – which is the biggest UK banking merger since the financial crisis – could 'result in a substantial lessening of competition' within the UK market

Daisy Cooper MP, LD, joined Mark Spencer, the Conservative MP for Sherwood, Bridget Phillipson, the Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South and Timothy Montgomerie, a British political activist, blogger and columnist in some tough questions from BBC presenter Fiona Bruce

'Clearly 2023 was an exceptional year, that brought challenges for our customers, our sector, and the economy, as families and businesses faced into the fastest rate rise cycle since the 1970s with persistently high levels of inflation'

NatWest was nationalised in 2008 and 2009, with several multibillion-pound bailouts leaving the Government with an 84% stake in the company, then known as the RBS Group

The number of mortgages handed out to first-time buyers last year was the lowest since 2013, down 22.4% compared with 2022

Rebecca Wendel says her monthly mortgage payments are now £2,150 and with a rate of 9.79%, up from £1,049 in August 2022 when she was paying 6.75%

Dr Miriam Stoppard says we need to look at frailty, which is defined as a decline in a person’s mental and physical resilience to illness and injury – before any new austerity measures are introduced

Scotland prop, 28, is back in action after lengthy foot injury and ready to take on Warrington Wolves

House sales in London decreased by 22% last year compared to 2022 leaving transaction volumes 'at some of the lowest levels since 2008' the company said

The UK economy fell into recession at the end of 2023, new figures released this month show, but how does it compare to the Great Recession that devastated the nation in 2008?

Spending wisely saves lives, says Fleet Street Fox. Wasting billions on PPE deals with your mates does not.

The bank reported a pre-tax profit of £6.2 billion for 2023, which is the highest since the £9.9 billion made just before the global financial crisis in 2007

There are concerns there will be yet more savage cuts to decimated public services - the Office for National Statistics, on Thursday, said the economy shrank by a worse-than-feared 0.3% in the final three months of last year

Andrew Bailey said the banking system had proved to be more resilient than in the past, but said there was a 'puzzle' over the share prices of major lenders

The number of company insolvencies hit a 30-year high in 2023 as firms suffered amid high interest rates and cost pressures

The 81-year-old said playing the markets gave her the thrill she craved but eventually toned down her hobby when it became stressful and almost like a full-time city job

Town halls will have to weigh up hiking council tax or inflicting further cuts if the Government doesn't act urgently to help cash-strapped councils on the verge of bankruptcy

The high-living Liverpool family moved to Australia after losing almost everything in the global financial crisis. From living a life of luxury to having nothing, they had to reevaluate their whole lives

Residents living in Coed Darcy, Wales, say they have been waiting over a decade to see amenities including shops and parking constructed in their area - they are unable to walk to reach vital services

A woman has come under fire after sharing a video talking about the difficulties and downsides of being a landlord. She shared a tearful video explaining what it's like to have difficult tenants

A hard-working dad has a dilemma on his hands after his stressed wife pleaded with him to step back from his job and pitch in more with looking after their six children

Bankers were paid more than £13billion in bonuses in 2008, on the eve of the financial crisis, and the bid to further enrich the UK’s bankers was announced by Kwasi Kwarteng

Rightmove has said that the average asking price for a newly-advertised property in October was the weakest since the 2008 financial downturn