Rail fares in England to increase by up to 5.9% in March

Government says it has made its biggest ever intervention to keep rise below inflation, but Labour condemns ‘sick joke’

London tops Rightmove searches as pandemic interest in Cornwall fades

Capital most popular location by some distance after south-west led for several months last year

Sunak faces pressure to help older people return to work after ill health

Experts say cuts to public services and NHS waiting times could be contributing to UK worker shortage

UK government pledges up to £4.5bn to fund Bulb takeover by Octopus

Support comes on top of £1.1bn paid to handle collapsed energy firm’s administration costs

‘It was frightening’: four Britons on returning to work after retiring

After the pandemic, record numbers retired – now that trend is reversing as people flock back to the workforce

Energy bills support pushes UK borrowing to November record of £22bn

Government borrowed £13.9bn more in month than year earlier, a level not seen since records began in 1993

Easy street: these are the most expensive streets in the UK

Central London dominates the list, with only one road outside the capital making it into the top 20

Vulnerable miss out as third of UK energy help vouchers not redeemed

Ministers urged to intervene over low take-up rate in scheme for people with prepayment meters

TSB fined £48m over ‘serious failings’ in IT meltdown

FCA penalises bank after millions of customers were locked out of their accounts for weeks

Six big UK banks to start lending on flats with cladding

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Nationwide, NatWest and Santander to offer mortgages on medium and high-rise properties from January

Government extends ‘generation buy’ mortgage guarantee

Scheme to help first-time buyers on to property ladder has been used by more than 24,000 households across UK

MPs call for ban on forced installations of prepayment meters

Such moves by energy firms labelled ‘morally repugnant’ as households struggle with soaring bills

People living in care homes and caravans offered £400 energy payment

Government announces help for 900,000 households in Great Britain and £600 Northern Ireland payment

My son is suffering after £20,000 compensation cheque was lost

He was injured in an accident and needs the Esure payment for rehabilitation

The Guardian view on City reforms: banks need more regulation, not less

Editorial: Britain’s departure from the EU should have led to a rethink of the country’s stagnant economic model. Instead ministers want to entrench it