Barclays fury over credit card fees

Barclays has fuelled the row about bank rip-offs with figures showing it sucked another £39million in fees and commissions from people using its credit card in the first half of this year.

Profits from Barclaycard reached £316million in the six months to 30 June, a rise of 24 per cent compared with last year.

The revelations come days after a Treasury Select Committee accused the banks of ripping off customers to the tune of £4 billion a year.