Help-to-buy paperwork delays still endangering property sales and remortgages

Households fear being thousands of pounds out of pocket as problems beset Homes England administrator

‘One step at a time’: entrepreneur buys stairwell in London to help startups

Simon Squibb plans to provide small businesses with rent-free space after bidding £25,000 for disused stairs

‘It’s a white-knuckle ride’: UK bank customer reveals how switching accounts is far from simple

Attempts to move current account from Intelligent Finance led to hours of admin

Childcare sector in England must not become ‘playground for private equity’, experts say

Exclusive: Increasing involvement of investment funds could leave nursery places at risk

How electric cars became a battleground in the culture wars

EVs have become weaponised amid fears over cost of shift to battery power and job losses at carmakers

Planning a UK mini-break? See how the price has gone up – from hotels to fish and chips

That seaside staple is up by more than 50%, while car hire is up 75% … add an item to our visual tool to see how costs have risen in the past five years

UK interest rate rise: what it means for you

How the new base rate may affect mortgage holders and savers

Over-50s could deliver takeaways, says work and pensions secretary

Mel Stride lauds flexible working at firms such as Deliveroo amid post-Covid rise in economic inactivity

Bank of England poised to raise UK interest rates to 5.25%

Fears remain over stubborn inflation but slowing economy likely to fuel more cautious approach from rate-setters, say analysts

Etsy to ‘substantially’ cut vendors’ funds held in reserve after UK boycott

Sellers put online shops in ‘holiday mode’ after website’s move to hold back up to 75% of takings for as long as 45 days

Asda publishes daily petrol prices online after pressure from watchdog

Other retailers say they are working with government on implementing industry-wide comparison service

Buy now, pay later firms stay unregulated – and Britons are racking up debt

Estimates suggest one in 10 consumers who use companies such as Klarna and Clearpay end up with debt collectors as no safeguards in place

Note to Keir Starmer: delaying investment in childcare would be bad economics – and bad politics

Failure to support women affects productivity. Neglect of female voters could also cost Labour crucial votes, says Ignacia Pinto of the Women’s Budget Group thinktank

Rising UK interest rates force homebuyers to take on longer mortgages

Builder Taylor Wimpey says Bank of England stance has weakened housing market

Millions of UK households missing essential bill payments, finds Which?

Defaults and missed payments back at levels seen last winter, as cost of living crisis piles on pressure