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Some claims companies shut down, others told to stop taking on clients and misleading ads ordered to be pulledUK regulators have shut down some claims companies and ordered others to stop taking on clients as they step up a crackdown on firms making mi…
CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by OfwatMillions of households in England face the prospect of even bigger water bill increases than originally expected, as the competition regu…
Proposed government overhaul of house purchase process looks at shifting some costs from buyers to sellersMinisters are attempting to cut the time it takes to buy a home by four weeks under new proposals aimed at overhauling the housebuying process.The…
EVs rise nearly a third in September compared with a year earlier, as plug-in hybrids jump by 56%British electric car sales hit a record high in September as new taxpayer subsidies helped to attract buyers in the most important month for the market.Bat…
Women’s average monthly earnings fall by 42% compared with one year before birth, ONS study findsMothers lose an average of £65,618 in pay by the time their first child turns five, as the “motherhood penalty” risks their financial security, official fi…
Nationwide says prices rose by 0.5% in September after August drop, lifting average price of property to £271,995Business live – latest newsThe UK property market returned to growth in September after a summer lull, with house prices rising 0.5% compar…
As typical annual dual-fuel charge rises to £1,755, charities warn over record £4.4bn owed to suppliersThree and a half years after war plunged Europe into an energy supply crisis, millions of households in Great Britain are braced for another winter o…
National Energy Action says 58% of households expect to cut heating use as typical annual dual-fuel bill increases to £1,755The majority of British households expect to restrict their home heating this winter to try to keep rising costs in check, accor…
Almost a third of British adults lived largely cashless lives in 2024, says UK FinanceYoung people have fuelled its rise but the use of buy now, pay later is exploding among older people, with uptake among 55- to 64-year-olds more than doubling in a ye…
Education secretary says means-tested grants for ‘those who need them most’ will be funded by new international student levyUK politics live – latest updatesLabour is to bring back maintenance grants for tens of thousands of students from low-income ba…