Competition regulator barking up the right tree on vets’ opaque pricing
Consumers and corporates should welcome CMA proposals to overhaul regulations unchanged since the 1960s
US and UK put sanctions on alleged Cambodia cyber-scammers and seize $15bn in bitcoin
People trafficking among allegations against six people who face measures including property freezes and travel bans
People in the UK: have you been shocked at food prices in the supermarket?
Have you noticed how much less you’re getting for your money while buying groceries than you did previously?
Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them
A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank
UK labour market shows signs of stabilising after job losses
Unemployment rate rises slightly to 4.8% but ONS says falls in payroll numbers and vacancies are levelling off
Vodafone outage: thousands of broadband and mobile users report problems
Company apologises and says network ‘recovering’ after many customers say there were unable to access services
Lloyds warns motor finance scandal could cost it nearly £2bn as bill rises
Banking group puts aside extra £800m for compensation claims amid potential for more ‘historical cases’
BA stalls over paying out £220 flight compensation
First it said it was bad weather so the rules exempted it, then that it was an operational issue
Generational shift as millennials make up half of new buy-to-let investors in England and Wales
Surprise finding by Hamptons shows age group comprises 50% of all new shareholders in firms set up this year
Trump officials reportedly consider selling student loan debt to private investors
Experts say the move could eliminate the federal government’s power to cancel educational loans
Widow of man conned out of pension savings to lose half the compensation to tax
Robert Dewar’s widow, Susan, is a leading campaigner over multimillion-pound Norton Motorcycles fraud
What price loyalty? UK supermarket cards rated
As prices rise, we look at whether schemes such as Tesco’s Clubcard and Sainsbury’s Nectar are a good deal
Gen Z faces ‘job-pocalypse’ as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says
British Standards Institution study across seven countries found quarter of bosses believe entry-level tasks could be automated to reduce costs
Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises
Competition watchdog agrees to requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex to increase charges
Tory plan to abolish stamp duty ‘will benefit London and the wealthiest the most’ – as it happened
The Social Market Foundation thinktank says council tax reform and a property-based tax would be more sustainable and fairer