MPs launch student loans inquiry amid ‘perfect storm’ for young people in UK

Influential Treasury committee chair Meg Hillier says review follows growing concern over graduate debt

European drivers face €220 a year jump in fuel costs due to Iran conflict, say experts

Exclusive: Oil at $100 a barrel means higher prices in the EU and UK, making savings for those with electric vehicles even greater, analysts say

Business lobby groups say firms less likely to take on staff with few qualifications or who have gaps in their CVs

Chancellor does not rule out ditching planned fuel duty rise but tells MPs it is too early to gauge if consumers need extra help

More than 500 lending products pulled in biggest single upheaval since Liz Truss’s mini-budget in 2022

Growing fears that elevated interest rates will continue, as Barclays finds worries that war will push up inflation

Rachel Reeves said to be considering levy cuts for oil and gas firms, but economists say this would just fatten profits

Anglian, Southern, Wessex and South East allowed to raise charges more than originally permitted by watchdog

Airline has refused refund after our flight was diverted because of bad weather and we were left on the plane for six hours

Chancellor raises prospect of help after prices almost treble since start of conflict

Surging energy prices and tumbling stock markets are threatening a new UK cost of living crisis

Ministers understood to be considering ways to mitigate rising energy bills as oil prices surpass $100 a barrel

Markets predict Bank of England will hold rates in 2026 as bond yields soar on forecasts of prolonged conflict

They were far from home but it refused to let them stay without specific ID to prove they were over 18

Hampshire business seems to have benefited from ‘phoenixism’, which costs the taxpayer about £800m a year