Stories we've covered

This page contains many of the news stories we've featured on the Working Lunch website this year.

Have a look through if there was a particular story or piece of information you were after.

You'll also find links to stories covered since we set up the website in September 2001.

And don't forget our Guides and Factsheets section contains much more on everything from investment guidance to consumer tips.

Just remember that stories in this section are archived and some of the details and figures in them might now be out of date.

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June

Data protection racket

Parents need more help

Tackling the debt problem

Bottleneck at ING Direct

Multiple births miss out on benefits

Pyramid selling clampdown

Buying a home abroad

Environment friendly cars

Should we join the euro?

The dollar - a cosmopolitan currency

Plans for better pension protection

Inflation measure to change

Lobbying for change in the law

Differing views on euro-entry

Euro bank charges

Tax credits: your response

Minister defends new tax credit system

Losing on with profits

Credit card clampdown

Colleges help fill skill shortage gaps

Caught in the debt trap

Equity release - a guide

VAT on pay as you go

May

A worthless life policy

Price hikes for Euro tourists

Debt consolidation company goes bust

Direct debit can spell trouble

Profiting from a tax loophole

Marconi restructuring explained

The hidden cost of holiday car hire

Fame and fortune - celebrity interviews

Debt problems escalate

Tax credit compensation

A helpline that's not much help

Tax credit system not up to scratch

Economic tests - convergence

The high cost of debt

Tax credits - life on the breadline

Holiday cash

Step closer to Equitable payouts

Businesses lose at cards

Counting the cost of kids

Class action nets compensation

Countdown to pension credit

Shortchanged by review slip-up

Stamping out spam

April

In the hotseat over tax credits

300,000 still waiting for tax credits

Getting connected to broadband

Share scam warning

Lingering death of UK steel industry

Talking shop with Philip Green

Missing Deeds

Inland Revenue struggling to cope

Trade and Industry Minister talks pay and business

Coffee competition winners

Tax credits saga - more woes

Scams sting elderly viewer

Problems getting hold of tax credits

Pop music centre has new lease of life

Loyalty schemes lose their shine

Baby bonds bonanza

Gems from the Budget 2003

Employers still fear disability

Lost in the post

Policing the minimum wage

Regulator wants more transparency

Sticky mess with Nectar

Pensioner faces massive council tax hike

Milkmen choose company status

Closure of final salary pension scheme

Improved protection for consumers

Slump in Isa sales

March

End of a shipbuilding era

Plans for trams in Nottingham

Cashing in old insurance policies

Getting hold of winter fuel payments

Property scheme investment nightmare

Fixing your mortgage rate

Changes to the RPI basket of goods

Digital viewers boxed in

Guide to new tax credits

War worries

Confusion over second state pension

More choice for phone users

Your money or your set-top box

Cashback couple left in the cold

Call for more childcare help

Businesses prepare for terror attack

Workers face pension ban

More teeth to tackle loan sharks

Is health cover bad for your wealth?

Mums told to register for tax credit

Minister explains tax credits

Clampdown on spam mail

Heating help under threat

Buyers lose plot over planning mix-up

What's a domain name worth?

February

Nectar users miss out

Fighting for shelf space

Insurance - from high seas to policies

Companies could get childcare help

Big jump in council evictions

Greener power in your hands

Call to end insurance debacle

Post Office backtracks on new system

Disabled drivers lose out on tax relief

Scotland's changing face

Trading places - how share dealing began

Who gets your text donation?

Pound's fall helps industry

The share detectives

Threat to tax-free income

Land reform stirs up memories

The history of interest

Return of the data tricksters

Investors misled over split caps

Brokers' clients face penalties

Perils of being a company director

Extended warranties warning

Left on the edge by precipice bonds

Junking the jargon

Shares questionnaire results

More stakeholders on the way

Building society turns away cash

Misleading mailshots

Students could opt for bankruptcy

Beware the yield of dreams

A brighter future for hill farming

Surplus goods for charities

Business behind bars

January

Teddy bears as an investment

Crackdown on loan sharks

Rising cost of childcare

Motor industry's drive for recruits

Rounding up the cowboy builders

Turning scrap cars into cash

Tourists go to Hull and back

Is buy-to-let a home for your money?

E-mail address causes credit problem

Golf resort aims for Ryder Cup success

Are bonds a better bet?

Sorting our your shortfall

Keep your pension pot locked

Row over boiler payments

Small firms' long wait for payment

Fancy being a non-executive director?

Mobile companies told to cut costs

Steelworkers wait in hope

Low pay for UK mums

Brokers charge you money for nothing

Still time to top up your pension

Firms warned over ads

Three-way fight for Safeway

Reservists face call-up

Premium hikes hit more businesses

Debt management firms under fire

Financial advisers left uncovered

High Street horror

Share predictions for 2003

Safeway stores snapped up

Security slip-up over credit cards

Stock market forecasts

Thumbs-up for small holiday firms

Who'll win the supermarket price war