Analysts warn cost of living crisis is gathering pace amid fast rises in petrol, food and energy billsWatch out for hidden ‘shrinkflation’ price hikes, analysts warnRising inflation ‘could trigger global sell-off that would harm UK’Households face a “p…
Omni Energy switched unprofitable customers without express consent
Firm is struggling financially with record high gas prices and removed customers who used the most energyA struggling household energy supplier switched thousands of unprofitable customers to rival companies without their express consent, in an apparen…
Keir Starmer: universal credit cut is an attack on the poorest
Labour leader says Boris Johnson’s decision to remove £20 uplift comes at ‘worst possible time’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has been accused by Keir Starmer of “turning on the poorest” as Britain eases out o…
Regulator drops BA and Ryanair lockdown flights refund case
Competition and Markets Authority ends four-month investigation saying it cannot justify expenseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe competition regulator has dropped its investigation into whether British Airways and Ryanair…
Omni Energy predicts it will be 13th UK provider to go bust
Firm tells customers it will switch them to another supplier unless they objectThe UK household electricity company Omni Energy has said it expects to become the 13th energy supplier to go bust this year, unless the gas price crisis eases before winter…
Nearly half of toys from third-party online sellers found to be dangerous
UK industry body warns of ‘wild west of safety’ after investigation into toys being sold on major sitesNearly half the toys purchased from third-party sellers on online marketplaces were dangerous, according to an investigation by an industry body that…
Tell us your best home energy saving tips
As wholesale gas prices rise in the UK, we would like to hear your best advice for saving energy at homeAs wholesale gas prices rise, millions of UK households are facing higher energy bills. With this in mind, we would like to hear your best advice fo…
Barclays’ error has trashed our credit ratings
The bank falsely claims our mortgage repayments are late, and can’t seem to rectify the mistakeWe have a joint mortgage with Barclays but have just discovered that for the last 11 months the bank has been wrongly recording that we paid late. This is co…
Money mules: how young people are lured into laundering cash
Criminals are using students and others to unwittingly move funds through their bank accountsReaders’ £1m losses highlight scale of the UK’s fraud crisisThe job advert seemed timely. It offered between £500-£1,000 a week to work from home as an agent f…
Gordon Brown warns 3.5m households face fuel poverty this winter
Former prime minister says 2021 ‘worst time to be poor’ as he calls for support for struggling householdsThe former prime minister Gordon Brown has demanded fresh government financial support for households struggling to pay energy bills as he warned a…