Will pay-per-mile raise Reeves money or drive people away from electric vehicles? Need for new road taxes is clear – but there are concerns that pricing plan could stall transition away from petrol
Households in Great Britain face surprise rise in energy bills from January Energy price cap for average dual fuel bill will increase to £1,758 a year, from £1,755 in the current quarter
Reeves urged to ‘grasp the nettle’ with wholesale reset of council tax Experts say chancellor should go further than rumoured plan to update value of homes in top three bands
Wimbledon to get exemption from ticket resale crackdown for seats that can cost thousands Organisers claimed proposed ban on reselling tickets for more than face value would dent investment in facilities
Energy price cap in Great Britain expected to fall in January – but higher bills loom Cap on dual-fuel bills forecast to decrease by £22 to the equivalent of £1,733 a year for a typical household
Eight firms under investigation in crackdown on additional online fees Competition watchdog examines StubHub, Viagogo, AA Driving School and BSM Driving School and others
UK consumers warned over AI chatbots giving inaccurate financial advice Which? study of ChatGPT, Copilot and others uncovers incorrect and misleading tips on investments, tax and insurance
UK bank and building society customer protection limit to rise to £120,000 Increase of more than 40% from current figure of £85,000 will give more cover if financial firm goes bust
Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown Touts, and ordinary consumers, will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they bought ticket
Asking prices fall as UK housing market hit by budget speculation, Rightmove says November drop of 1.8% is biggest for this time of year since 2012, with chancellor’s plans looming
Have Reeves and Starmer missed the chance to ditch stealth taxes? Retreat from plans to increase income tax means Labour is unlikely to make system fairer and more coherent
What pension changes is Rachel Reeves considering in the budget? One possible alteration was thought to be tax-free cash drawdowns, but the chancellor may have turned to salary sacrifice schemes
‘Be bold but calculated’: how to get a low offer on buying a home accepted In a buyer’s market, sellers are being more realistic on prices – we look at how to get your strategy right
‘Bereavement penalty’: people who lost partners hit by insurance premium rises Campaigners claim AI algorithms are behind hefty increases in renewal quotes for home and car cover
Treasury won’t cut threshold for higher rate income tax, say sources – UK politics live Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bn