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Regulator aims to stop power plants’ tactic that costs households hundreds of millions of poundsElectricity companies will no longer be able to deploy a controversial tactic that forces up bills at the expense of consumers, the energy watchdog has said…
Government-backed bank throws down gauntlet to high street lenders with new growth bondsThe UK government’s savings bank, NS&I, has “thrown down the gauntlet” to high street rivals by launching a one-year fixed-rate savings account paying a table-t…
As fallout from the tech meltdown continues, we hear from some of those who have been left strandedNick, 38, from Hampshire, had flown to the German city of Düsseldorf to spend a four-day holiday with his wife over the bank holiday weekend. But when th…
Interest rate rises on mortgages are weakening demand, property website saysThe number of UK homes sold this year is expected to fall to the lowest level in more than a decade, as the soaring cost of mortgages puts off homebuyers.House sales reaching c…
In today’s newsletter: Despite a lower cap on energy bills, the cost of heating could remain crippling high and leave millions in fuel poverty• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.August is coming to an end and as the days …
Fears over safety as analysis by Which? shows ‘autobesity’ epidemic means cars getting wider and longerMore than 150 car models are now too big to fit in average car parking spaces, according to analysis conducted by Which?.While the size of the standa…
Unsuspecting drivers could be caught out when scheme extends to all London boroughs from TuesdayThe expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) to cover all of London means that from Tuesday travellers setting off for Heathrow airport will have to …
Costs forecast to increase again from January despite announcement of fall in energy price capMinisters have been urged to intervene to prevent a “winter of despair and suffering” by offering financial support to millions of households facing unmanagea…
Fund aims to help struggling winemakers as they adjust to consumers’ changing habitsThe French government has announced it is to set aside €200m to fund the destruction of surplus wine production in an attempt to support struggling producers and shore …
Ministers urged to intervene as households in line for another winter of squeezed budgets‘Price cap won’t help much’: customers’ fears over winter billsBusiness live – latest updatesGreat Britain’s energy price cap has fallen below £2,000 a year for th…