Penalty notice: Euro Car Parks fined £473,000 for ignoring regulator High court refuses injunction to stop CMA naming company penalised for failing to hand over information
First-time buyers enjoy biggest choice of low-deposit mortgages in UK since 2008 More than 500 deals now offer 95% loans as banks and building societies loosen their borrowing rules
Attempt to modernise NS&I has been a ‘full-spectrum disaster’, MPs find Spending watchdog says state-owned bank exposed taxpayers to ‘unacceptable risk’ as cost spiral to £3bn
Tony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin Ex-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills
Housing market in England and Wales ‘showing tentative signs of recovery’ Rics surveyors report inquiries from new buyers, agreed sales and house prices were less negative in January
‘I am never off the clock’: inside the booming world of gen Z side hustles More young Americans are taking on side gigs to explore their passions and make extra cash while navigating an unstable job market
UK car breakdown cover: seven top tips to drive the best deal Whether you want the basic safety net or complete rescue package, the bill depends as much on what’s needed as what is included
Apple and Google pledge not to discriminate against third-party apps in UK deal Critics brand deal with regulator as ‘lightweight’ with ‘no legal bite’ as tech giants avoid legally binding measures
EasyJet refuses to honour a promised £472 refund We had to buy a new ticket after an air traffic control outage but the airline is giving endless excuses for not repaying us
Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political unease
Southern Water admits 18-year meter mix-up – but insists we owe it more It kept on billing us for a neighbouring house’s supply although I live alone at my grandmother’s home
‘Don’t lose your 12,739 points!’ The text scams cashing in on bogus rewards Scam claims points will expire in days so click through to claim your prize – just pay the postage
Monzo wrongly denied refunds to thousands of fraud and scam victims Ombudsman found bank wrongly rejected 34% of complaints last year, with NatWest and HSBC close behind
‘Plainly wrong’: London flat dwellers fight shock £200,000 heating bill Almost 1m UK households are hooked up to heat networks. None had protection from poor service or price hikes … until last month
Price of average UK home passes £300,000 for first time, Halifax says Property prices in January rose 0.7%, the fastest rate since November 2024 increase of 1.1%