2012

Council leaders have called on schools to stop forcing parents into buying new uniform for kids by changing dress codes.

MPs want RBS and Lloyds TSB to drop restrictions on customers with basic bank accounts using cash machines run by their rivals.

Households need to hurry to bag one of the few remaining cheap fixed price energy deals as EDF is set to axe its market-leading tariff.

Nearly half of the UK's major hotel chains are breaching regulations by not including VAT in headline prices online, according to Which? Travel magazine.

Nick Clegg has called on Britain's wealthiest to make an "extra contribution" to the "national effort" of economic recovery.

Orange is ending its free broadband offer for mobile phone customers, to the dismay of angry users.

Tuesdays are the cheapest day of the week to fly out of the UK, while travelling midweek can also save money, according to a study.

Consumers with a gripe against a claims management firm will be able to take their complaint to an independent arbitrator from next year.

Millions of mortgage holders have either been hit with a huge rise in repayments this year, or will shortly see costs soar. Yet some five-year fixed rate deals for new borrowers are at an all-time low. So is it time to consider a new home loan?