Useful links

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) 
The independent body that regulates financial services – the ‘financial watchdog’.  Site includes news and consumer information.
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML)
The trade association for UK mortgage lenders, including consumer information.
http://www.cml.org.uk/cml/home

HM Revenue and Customs
Information on tax and national insurance.  Obtain information on tax credits, benefits etc
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)
Information for landlords and tenants, including news, buy to let scheme, letting agent search etc
http://www.arla.co.uk/

The Financial Ombudsman Service
The Independent service for resolving desputes between financial firms and customers, including news and useful publications.  
http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/

National Savings and Investments (NS&I)
The UK state-owned savings bank
http://www.nsandi.com/

The Association of British Insurers
The trade body for insurance companies, with both broker and consumer information.
http://www.abi.org.uk/

The Building Societies Association
The trade association for all the UK’s building societies, with a section for consumers to obtain information.
http://www.bsa.org.uk/

Citizens Advice Bureau
The registered charity with over 3,000 locations in the UK, that provides help and information for consumers with financial, legal or other problems.
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/mac/index

PROTECT The Association of Creditor Insurers (Protect)
Protect was formed by leading creditor insurers in order to make the views of the industry, including customers and clients, known to the media etc
http://www.protect-aci.org.uk/index.html

The Finance and Leasing Association
The industry body for the asset finance, consumer finance and motor finance sectors
http://www.fla.org.uk/fla/

The Department for Work and Pensions
The Government department responsible for pensions, employment, equality in the workplace, benefits and child support, including news and information. 
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/

Communities and Local Government
Created in May 2006, this Government department is responsible for housing, urban regeneration, planning and local government. 
http://www.communities.gov.uk/

HM Treasury
Her Majesty’s Treasury: read about the Budget, the Treasury’s financial and economic policies, public spending and services, and the UK economy. 
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/

The Office Of National Statistics
The home of official UK statistics, obtain data free of charge on a range of subjects including Britain’s economy, population and society. 
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/