Cautious BT may boost cash support for its £47bn pension scheme

Telecom giant moves to increase collateral to limit risk amid mini-budget fallout

Millions cannot afford to heat homes as UK faces Arctic snap

Joseph Rowntree Foundation urges government to increase basic rate of support to help cover essentials

Is the UK really facing a second winter of discontent?

Comparisons with 1979 are misleading – strikes over pay now are smaller in scale and focus, and stoked by inflation

CBI urges UK government to decide which industries get energy support

Companies brace for bills to double but no sector knows yet which will qualify for help

First coinage featuring King Charles III released

Nearly 5m 50p coins will enter circulation across 9,452 Post Office branches throughout December

Thousands of British Gas customers still waiting for help as cold sets in

Around 20% of all households with a traditional prepayment meter are yet to receive vouchers from energy suppliers

Kent family charged £80k in error after EDF sent £1m electricity bill

‘It was quite amusing, until it actually happened,’ says customer, after being left £75,000 overdrawn

UK house prices fall at fastest rate in 14 years, says Halifax

Average price of property in November was £285,579, down 2.3% from £292,406 in October

Hunt to urge banks to aid mortgage borrowers amid cost-of-living crisis

Exclusive: Chancellor to meet heads of UK’s major lenders and consumer champion Martin Lewis on Wednesday

UK petrol and diesel retailers accused of ‘rocket and feather’ tactics

CMA to deepen investigation into fuel industry after record pump prices this year

Martin Lewis charity highlights mental toll of cost of living crisis

Survey finds nearly a fifth of respondents have had suicidal ideation about financial problems

Labour calls for crackdown on rip-off UK Christmas broadband and mobile ads

Watchdog must stop misleading ads locking consumers into deals up to £240 more than thought, says opposition party

Fakers, fast sign-ups and fraud: the crisis at the UK’s Companies House

Britain’s register of companies was reformed in 2011 to allow incorporations within 24 hours for £12. Now the number of firms on its books has soared – and so have the complaints

‘I can’t afford to heat my son’s room’: the people struggling to access UK energy support

Weeks after the government scheme was launched many vulnerable families have either not received or not claimed their vouchers

Half a million vulnerable households miss out on help with energy bills

Exclusive: Labour says ministers have been told repeatedly that people with prepayment meters are not getting enough support