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19 July 2024

  • Laptop computer with high-speed connection.

    Ofcom to ban inflation-linked mid-contract price rises on phones, pay-TV and broadband

    From January 2025 providers will have to tell customers upfront in ‘pounds and pence�� about expected increases
  • Two school-age girls skipping across a street in a city

    Summer holiday childcare in UK now costs £1,000 a child, research finds

    Parents or carers in full-time work said to be ‘dreading’ expense, and sum may be even higher in Wales and south-east England

    • Fantasy house hunt
      Eco homes near the sea for sale in Great Britain – in pictures

    • Parents saving up to £10,000 in nursery benefits may face unexpected tax bills

    • Weatherwatch
      Solar power becoming standard even in UK’s soggy summer

18 July 2024

  • a person holds a stack of hundred dollar bills

    Money can buy you happiness, says study suggesting more is more

    Data shows happiness gap between wealthy and middle-income people wider than between middle- and low-income ones
  • A set of house keys

    UK house purchases delayed by problems with Chaps payments system

    Bank of England said issue affected some payments on Thursday but that service had been restored by 4.30pm

    • When making money doesn’t generate wealth

    • UK graduates: tell us how your job hunt has been going

    • The first summer I …
      I am well off, but have never felt able to enjoy it. This summer, I’ll change my relationship with money

      Lola Mendez

17 July 2024

  • illustration of family with five children sitting around a dinner table

    ‘It’s put so many families in poverty’: people on the impact of the two-child benefit cap

    As Labour backbenchers call for Keir Starmer to scrap the cap, families reveal their struggles as a result of the two-child limit
  • Uber Eats Food Delivery Courier cycles across a city square<br>PMG948 Uber Eats Food Delivery Courier cycles across a city square

    Consumer champions
    Uber Eats has failed to deliver after a £19,000 fraud

    Our pizzeria takings were diverted to a rogue account but it is refusing a refund
  • Fridges, washing machines, dishwashers illustration

    Money hacks
    Repair or replace? How to get the best deal on fridges, dishwashers and washing machines

    When an essential appliance breaks down, it can be a shock – but there may be lower-cost options such as secondhand

16 July 2024

  • The logo of water company Southern Water seen through a glass of water

    Southern Water boss handed £183,000 bonus despite huge rise in bills

  • A metered water bill from Water Plus claimed a church owed £500.

    Consumer champions
    Debt collectors are chasing my 84-year-old mother over a water bill

15 July 2024

  • Swati Dhingra at the Bank of England

    BoE should ‘stop squeezing living standards’ and cut rates, says policymaker

    Swati Dhingra says Bank of England’s monetary policy committee should lower interest rates in August
  • A car driving through the Tuscan landscape

    How to make sure that your holiday car rental is a smooth ride

    You must be smart to find the best prices, and vigilant for extra charges. But how your name appears on the booking can spell the end of the road
  • A wheelchair beside a ramp at an airport

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    American Airlines crew filmed my distress after wheelchair failed to arrive at Heathrow

    My pre-booked assistance did not arrive when my plane landed in London, but its staff did not help me

14 July 2024

  • A colourful terrace house in Berkshire

    Number of agreed UK house sales over past month ‘up 15% on 2023’

  • Thames Water, Financial Crisis, Windsor, Berkshire, UK - 05 Jul 2023<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Maureen McLean/Shutterstock (13998271o) Thames Water were out in Windsor fixing leaking pipes today. The Government are considering putting Thames Water back into public ownership for a temporary period if Thames Water are unable to raise enough funds to stop the collapse of the company. David Black the CEO of water regulator OFWAT has said "It shouldn't have allowed privatized utilities to take on so much debt, as it warned that Thames Water will need more than £1 billion ($1.27 billion) to turn itself around". Yesterday Thames Water were fined £3.3m after it discharged sewage into two rivers, killing more than 1,400 fish Thames Water, Financial Crisis, Windsor, Berkshire, UK - 05 Jul 2023

    Paying the price of water companies’ failures

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