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The Hussain family with some of their weekly shopping

Supermarkets versus local shopping - which is cheaper?

Which costs less – doing a big weekly supermarket shop, or buying day by day from local stores? An Oldham family has spent the last fortnight as guinea pigs in a ‘big shop, little shop’ experiment for BBC Radio 5 Live.

Pawn of a new era: Pawnbrokers enjoy a renaissance

Once the last resort of the wretched poor, pawnbrokers have enjoyed a boom in business in austerity Britain. David Henry discovers why they are becoming a high-street presence.

Martin Lewis: Our country’s children need to be cash savvy

It’s time to break the cycle of debt in the UK. It’s time for compulsory financial education in schools.

Rates set to remain unchanged

The Bank of England is expected to leave interest rates untouched on Thursday despite fears over surging inflation and commodity prices.

Martin Lewis: Don’t fall victim to the great energy price hike

This is an urgent energy warning: gas and electricity price hikes are back. To beat this you need to act at speed.
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Closing Date : 13 Jun 2012
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Card Transfer 0% Period Purchases 0% Period Typ APR
Barclaycard Platinum Credit Card with Extended Balance Transfer 22mths 3mths 17.90%
Representative Example: If you spend £1,200 at a purchase interest rate of 0.00% (variable), your representative APR will be 17.90% (variable)
NatWest Platinum 22mths 6mths 17.95%
Representative Example: If you spend £1,200 at a purchase interest rate of 0.00% (variable), your representative APR will be 17.90% (variable)
Royal Bank of Scotland Platinum 22mths 6mths 17.95%
Representative Example: If you spend £1,200 at a purchase interest rate of 0.00% (variable), your representative APR will be 17.90% (variable)
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