Reeves to promise free summer bus rides for children and food tariff cuts in living costs package

Chancellor launches ‘Great British summer savings scheme’ after Keir Starmer postpones fuel duty increase Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir Starmer

UK inflation slows to 2.8% as energy price cap softens impact of rising fuel costs

Lower than expected April annual rate a lift for Rachel Reeves as impact of Iran war yet to fully hit households

Scrap stamp duty and council tax to fix London housing crisis, thinktank says

Centre for London report finds levy on property wealth would free up homes, fund social housing and help renters save for deposits

Spending watchdog warns £38bn cost of Sizewell C nuclear plant is ‘risky’

National Audit Office says potential benefits are ‘considerable but uncertain’ while risks are ‘immediate and substantial’

NS&I to contact bereaved families owed £367m after missing savings scandal

The bank’s interim chief executive says ‘this issue should never have happened’, but warns it may take time to process claims

Energy bills will rise by £209 a year to £1,850 from July, forecaster says

Cornwall Insight predicts rise in price cap of nearly 13% in Great Britain as Iran war pushes up gas costs

At least 15m Britons not saving enough to retire, Pensions Commission says

Just 4% of self-employed workers are putting cash into pensions, with ‘large groups across the UK facing a severe cliff-edge’

Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living

Chancellor has been under pressure to extend 5p temporary cut at an estimated cost to government of £2.4bn a year

Rising prices are Britons’ biggest money worry as inflation stays high, survey finds

Households ‘increasingly gloomy’ about finances amid fears of interest rate rises due to higher fuel prices

BA’s ‘no-show’ clause cost me £9,000 for new flights

We cut out one leg of our journey, but a clause allows airlines to cancel a whole journey if a passenger misses just one leg

Government-backed Pensions Commission calls for action on gender savings gap

Body says, on average, British women approaching retirement have half private pension savings of men – £81,000 versus £156,000

‘The Iran war left my insurance policy void’: how the conflict is affecting travellers

A student could lose hundreds after the UK changed travel advice – others face flight cancellations due to fuel shortages

Record numbers of UK renters crowdfunding to cover bills

Rent donations on GoFundMe up 60% since 2022, with 100,000 donors helping people keep a roof over their heads

UK drivers struggle to get insurance for Chinese EVs such as Jaecoo

Firms do not offer cover for some models, or charge more than for equivalent petrol cars, research finds

British Gas faces record £112m settlement over prepayment meter scandal

Redress to customers for force-fitting devices in homes includes £20m penalty and £70m of debt write-offs