First £1 coin featuring King Charles III enters circulation Design with bees on reverse, part of collection inspired by plants and animals, was voted people’s favourite
Energy bills could rise to average of £1,714 a year in Great Britain from October Cornwall Insight analysts predict quarterly price cap through to end of December will increase by 9%
Blue Light Card ‘reward’ has now turned into £3,941 loss Discount service for emergency and healthcare workers says it’s ‘here for you’, but won’t refund us after we used it to buy flooring from Carpetright for our new home
Victims of Norton Motorcycles pension scandal receive £9.4m compensation Payments finally received into accounts set up for each victim more than a decade after the fraud
Race for UK banks to repay £100bn in Covid loans could help savers Lenders may look to attract more deposits from savers to raise funds to repay Bank of England pandemic-era loans
Interest rate cut fuels immediate upturn in UK property market Figures from Rightmove show inquiries to estate agents since 1 August up 19% compared with a year ago
Vets extend strike in first industrial action to hit Britain’s pet-care sector Staff at a practice in Wales have accused its private-equity-backed owner of poor pay and overcharging customers
Detectorists’ finds rewrite history by unearthing the real story of money A study of ancient coins has shifted the focus of Europe’s economic history from the Greeks and Romans to the Arabs
Former Sunak adviser urges Labour to introduce wealth tax on housing The economist behind the Covid furlough scheme has called for ‘unfair’ council tax and stamp duty to be axed in England
£100 cash and interest-free overdrafts: how to pick a student bank account If you are heading off to university, there are tempting freebies on offer – we examine the best deals
Tell us: are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford? We’d like to hear from people who have been purchasing luxury goods and experiences in recent years, and how they feel about their spending habits
Ticket touts targeted by UK minister in video full of Taylor Swift puns ‘Look what you made me do,’ says business secretary as he announces plans for consumer protections
Tory donor Lycamobile handed HMRC winding-up order amid tax dispute Loss-making pay-as-you-go sim card seller had been embroiled in eight-year VAT battle
UK inflation rises to 2.2% in first increase since December Annual rate in July climbs back above Bank of England target of 2%, ONS figures show
Car insurance error took cost to more than £2,000 General Accident recorded two accidents against his name instead of one, so his policy soared