Chris was a regional BBC radio journalist in Devon and Oxfordshire before joining BBC Business Programmes in London in 1996.

Since then he has produced or presented various network radio programmes including BBC Five Live’s Wake Up to Money, Moneycheck and Financial World Tonight.

From 1998 to 2000 he worked on setting up and establishing […]

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1908 Old Age Pensions Act - introduced first general old age pension paying a non-contributory amount of between 10p and 25p a week, from age 70, on a means-tested basis from January 1 […]

Finance Minister Lord Rooker has attempted to defend the latest rates rises in Northern Ireland.

Rates bills have gone up by an average of 12% and local politicians have said the increases are unreasonable.

Callers to several BBC programmes have been highly critical of the increases. However, Lord Rooker said the government had no option.

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that India’s new governing coalition would sort out problems with its communist supporters through a process of dialogue.

Communist parties are the biggest ally of India’s new Congress-led coalition government.

“Left parties are extending valuable support to us, so […]

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Store cards that charge interest at 25% or more a year will have to warn customers on their statements that they can get cheaper credit elsewhere.

The measure is being imposed by the Competition Commission to help prevent store card holders being overcharged.

The commission found that the annual percentage rates (APRs) on store cards were […]

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Banks must do more to promote security among their online customers, the UK’s finance watchdog has said.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) made the call as it revealed half of internet users are either extremely or very concerned about the risk of fraud.

To ease safety fears banks should make more effort to educate web users about […]

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