Blue-tick scammers target consumers who complain on X

Misleading Twitter handles displaying paid-for icon being used to carry out phishing attacks

Bumpy ride for billionaire brothers who banked on Asda’s success

Blackburn’s Moshin and Zuber Issa took over the supermarket promising investment to make it the UK’s second-largest chain, but the pandemic and cost of living crisis meant it did not go to to plan

Ethical savings: NS&I raises rate on green bond to 5.7%

Deal offered over three years, and money invested will help finance windfarms and tree planting

Ministers urged to offer financial support for Britain’s rising energy bills

Costs forecast to increase again from January despite announcement of fall in energy price cap

UK competition watchdog raises concerns over housing market

Some landlords could be breaching consumer protection rules, while CMA is also investigating land held by largest housebuilders

Failure to say ‘please’ is not rude in top kitchens, tribunal rules

Employment judge dismisses case of London chef sacked after refusing to do tasks until asked politely

Campaigners want UK social energy tariff but ministers sit on their hands

The price cap is not fit for purpose – how would subsidies reach the poorest and how will we pay for them?

Ofgem energy price cap: what does drop mean for households and is help available?

What consumers can expect to pay, how it affects prepayment meter customers and who is left out in the cold

‘The energy price cap won’t help me much’: customers’ fears over winter bills

Consumers explain why modest drop in unit price for gas and electricity does not go far enough

Ofgem energy price cap falls below £2,000 but consumers still face high bills

Ministers urged to intervene as households in line for another winter of squeezed budgets

UK retailers plan to cut jobs as spending slump deepens, says CBI

Barometer of retail activity falls for fourth consecutive month to lowest level since March 2021

Record number of Britons heading into winter with energy debt, says charity

Number seeking help with debts in first half of 2023 up 17% compared with last year, says Citizens Advice

Facebook groups exposed to hundreds of hoax posts, study shows

Charity Full Fact finds more than 1,200 false posts on topics from deadly snakes to serial killers at large

Ofcom urged to investigate Virgin Media broadband contracts

Terms and conditions allow firm to raise bills at any time and by an unlimited amount, Which? claims

The Life Sporadic of Jess Wildgoose review – feverish financial comedy

Voloz Collective’s satirical thriller set during the subprime mortgage crisis is staged with style but has little emotional impact