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Consumer groups issue formal notice to European Commission over ‘greenwashing’ claims that bottles are ‘100% recyclable’ or ‘100% recycled’Big drinks companies are misleading customers with claims that their plastic water bottles are fully recycled or …
Drop in retail sales also because of consumer worries over high energy bills and mortgages, surveys suggestFears that the UK is heading for a recession this winter have intensified amid signs Britain’s hard-pressed households are cutting spending as th…
‘Eco tariffs’ would not, however, be offered to those vulnerable customers already on lower, ‘social’ ratesConsumers in Cornwall and Devon will be offered cheaper bills in return for cutting their water use as the region struggles to cope with a rise i…
Network’s EU roaming package has risen from £10 to £25 in the space of a few monthsEE mobile phone customers have accused the company of ripping them off after the provider increased the cost of its EU roaming package from £10 to £25 a month in the spa…
Higher interest rates and move away from cash isas means hundreds of thousands more people may be hitHigher interest rates look set to land hundreds of thousands more people with an unwelcome tax bill for their savings, a financial advice firm warned t…
Cut shopping bills, landfill and carbon emissions by using up peelings and stems where possibleWith their spiky crowns of leaves, pineapples are about as close as you can get to a tropical paradise while doing the weekly shop – but now Sainsbury’s has …
Public accounts committee issues ‘sobering reminder’ there are no guarantees money spent will be recovered after collapse of BulbBill payers could be on the hook for almost £6bn to cover the cost of bailing out suppliers that went bust during the energ…
Inflation, wildfires and air traffic control chaos have not put people off travelling, Abta findsHeatwaves, soaring prices and flight meltdowns will not deter Britons from holidaying abroad next year in potentially record numbers, according to the annu…
Romance scams and ID theft among fastest growing categories with total of 1.4m fraud cases recorded thus far, says UK FinanceScammers were responsible for nearly 1.4m cases of fraud in the UK during the first half of 2023 – the equivalent of one every …
State pensioners could be dragged into the tax net next year, says former ministerHundreds of thousands of pensioners will have to start setting aside some of their state pension for unexpected tax bills, a former UK government minister has claimed.A c…