Nationwide to cut 600 jobs in first redundancies after takeover of Virgin Money

Exclusive: Move affects staff of both companies whose roles will be duplicated once operations are merged

Holidaymakers warned over social media scams for fake accommodation

Research suggests travel scams are on rise as experts advise doing some detective work to make sure holidays are real

‘Buy the haystack’: how tracker funds beat searching for shares

Designed to mirror the stock market, they are an easy way to save. Here’s how to start investing in them

Nurseries, vets and shops: the sectors where private equity plays a big role

Private equity has a significant stake in many day-to-day services across the UK – including essentials such as elderly care and funerals

Lost your crypto access code? Be wary, there‘s a scam for that too

A niche type of fraud is lucrative enough for criminals to set up fake websites with dodgy software to harvest your data

The AI bubble has further to run despite the looming crash

As tech firms make huge profits and investors fear losing out, both are doing their best to hold off the day of reckoning

As billionaires’ wealth soars, US workers struggle: ‘The rich keep getting richer for no good reason’

Ultrarich face backlash as billionaire tax in California makes it to the ballot and Americans organize for higher wages

Make pension tax relief only available to savers prepared to invest in UK, Andy Haldane says

British Chambers of Commerce chief calls for ‘home bias’ on retirement savings to close funding gap for SMEs

Ryanair adopts ‘free of charge’ family seating policy after watchdog investigation

Chief executive claims CMA has forced airline to adopt ‘less transparent and less consumer-friendly’ approach

‘Extremely overwhelmed’: apartment renters face rising tide of fees

Guardian investigation: Renters at apartment buildings operated by industry giant Greystar complain they’re deluged by ‘unfair’ and ‘inflated’ fees. The company denies these claims

StubHub UK fined almost £900,000 over ‘hidden’ ticket fees

Reseller is also ordered to refund more than 50,000 fans, while its rival Viagogo remains under investigation

Job scams are growing and getting tougher to spot: ‘That’s the reality of this hell job market’

Swindlers now use AI to send out floods of fraudulent messages to gain the personal information of job seekers

Brexit: how it has hit your wallet at the supermarket and on holiday

Ten years on, leaving the EU has made life more difficult and costly – here are some of the ways we’ve lost out

Great British summer savings: grab family deals on days out, films and more

Government’s temporary VAT cut aims to ease cost of living for families this summer – here’s what’s on offer

What could US-Iran peace deal mean for UK household costs?

The impact on petrol and food prices, energy bills and mortgages if the truce holds and strait of Hormuz reopens