Buy now, pay later use exploding among older Britons, data shows

Almost a third of British adults lived largely cashless lives in 2024, says UK Finance

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

Mayor of Greater Manchester says he would have to be ‘wrenched’ out of city and says he wants UK to rejoin EU

Digital system that facilitates instant money transfers touted as potential game-changer for cross-border trade

Work Foundation says key elements of bill promote secure jobs amid fierce business lobbying against legislation

Recruitment report identifies sharp rise in vacancies for warehouse staff and cleaners but large fall in graduate opportunities

Offers encouraging people to move can mean ‘free money’ and access to best-paying savings accounts

City watchdog aims to tell drivers they will not need to use companies to apply for share of £18bn compensation scheme

Watchdog ‘deeply concerned’ that firms have ramped up petrol and diesel prices at expense of consumers

Privatised water company criticised over efforts to connect private septic tanks to mains and cut pollution

Company must be clearer about what fans will pay and avoid ‘misleading’ labels about ticket quality, says CMA

Citizens Advice says people who call to negotiate money off can save on average more than £325 a year

Job ads analysis finds less flexibility than in post-pandemic period as employers ‘push for more face-to-face time’

Tightly run DIY retailer benefits from trade customers and good weather

Those on standard tariffs who do not have a smart meter should submit meter readings on or around 1 October, says Uswitch