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FCA’s new rules aimed at improving value for money for customers and preventing ‘foreseeable harm’The biggest regulatory shake-up of UK retail financial services for two decades will come into force on Monday in an effort to crack down on rip-offs and …
Measures to help households seemingly abandoned by ministers, says campaign groupThe UK government has been accused of betraying the most vulnerable in society by seemingly abandoning support for a social tariff that would help households pay for their…
Estate agents selling Twickenham ‘property’ believe it could have development potentialIf climbing the property ladder seems stressful to you, why not consider taking the stairs?A disused four-storey stairwell at the back of a branch of Starbucks in s…
Poverty charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns of ‘debt timebomb’ as interest rate rises hit low-income householdsMillions of families are borrowing to cover basic bills and expenses, according to analysis that warns Britain is entering a dangero…
Survey reveals vast majority of childcare providers won’t increase capacity because of staff, cost or space concernsRishi Sunak has been warned that high-profile plans for a huge expansion of free childcare are “undeliverable”, as hundreds of nurseries…
Data shows increase from 3.3% to 6.6% since December 2021, which was before interest rate risesPersonal loan rates have doubled in little more than 18 months, spelling “far higher” costs for financially squeezed households hoping to borrow money, new d…
Moves by Nationwide, HSBC and TSB come after fall in inflation eases fears over future interest rate risesBusiness live updates – latest newsSeveral big lenders including Nationwide, HSBC and TSB have cut rates on their fixed mortgage deals in a sign t…
Housing secretary calls L&Q boss to meeting after ombudsman orders social housing landlord to pay tenants compensationUK politics live – latest updatesMichael Gove has told Britain’s second biggest social housing landlord: “You have failed your res…
CAA starts enforcement action after finding budget airline’s treatment of passengers was unacceptableWizz Air could be forced to pay out millions of pounds to passengers after the UK airline regulator started enforcement action against the budget carri…
Shadow net zero secretary attacks Sunak’s ‘perverse’ policy as Shell and British Gas report large profitsUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesRishi Sunak has been urged to close the holes in his “Swiss cheese” of a windfall ta…