Car insurance firms agree to crack down on ‘poverty premium’
UK insurers say they will aim to stop monthly payments falling hardest on those who can least afford it
Designer brands owed millions after Matchesfashion collapse
Some customers of the online fashion site, which owed more than £210m when it collapsed in March, are also unable to get refunds
Matchesfashion strikes a sour note as my £902 goes missing
I returned two coats and the parcel was lost and then it went into administration
Leading UK lenders raise fixed-rate mortgage deals amid ‘market uncertainty’
Borrowers urged not to panic as banks including Barclays, NatWest and HSBC readjust cost of loans
Thames Water’s extra £1.1bn will do little to steady the sinking ship
The debt-riddled firm has updated its five-year spending plans but still needs to convince the regulator and investors
Thames Water could raise bills to £627 a year to help fix leaks
Embattled water supplier promises to invest up to £3bn more over the next five years
High interest rates could add billions to UK green energy transition, says report
Resolution Foundation calls for fourfold increase in renewable power investment to reduce pressure on household bills
The self-storage boom: lifestyle choice or indictment of UK housing crisis?
Lock-ups are being reinvented and marketed as more than just storage amid overcrowding and record rent rises
Alarm at growing number of working people in UK ‘struggling to make ends meet’
UK debt advice charity warns that cost of living crisis and higher rents are pushing younger full-time workers into difficulties
Even a ‘rate shock’ for British mortgage borrowers may not help the banks
The prospect of home loan rates staying high for longer is not the tonic for lenders’ financial results it once was
‘Every penny has a purpose’: the rise of zero-based budgeting
Growing social media interest in method of tracking spending and saving prompts banks to get in on the act
‘I was flabbergasted’: refunds for unused subscriptions may be easier than you think
Whether the deal auto-renewed without your knowledge or you forgot a free trial had ended, try asking for your money back
Fee hikes will price us out of canals, say houseboaters in England and Wales
Charges to go up by as much as 75% for widest vessels under five-year licence increases that started in April
UK supermarkets accused of misleading labelling on origins of food products
Which? says inconsistencies also found, with ‘meaningless’ labels making it hard for shoppers to make informed choice
Coventry Building Society makes £780m offer for Co-operative Bank
Tentative offer follows four months of talks and could create new banking group with almost 5m customers