April 2013

Inflation rose to 3.3% last month which means some students and graduates will pay a little less interest on their student loans.

The national minimum wage will increase for adults, young people and apprentices from 1 October this year , the Government announced today.

Santander has earned the unwanted crown of being the most complained-about banking firm per customer, figures from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) show.

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) says a fault which meant Lloyds TSB, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers were unable to log into their accounts today has been fixed.

The AA, Sky and Virgin Media are the easiest companies to haggle with, new research by MoneySavingExpert.com shows.

The price consumers pay to call 08, 09 and 118 numbers is to be made clearer, which Ofcom says could in turn drive call costs down.

Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco are cutting unleaded petrol prices tomorrow, less than a week after the four supermarket chains reduced diesel prices.

Mobile and tablet games which tempt children to spend hefty sums on virtual items are to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading.

Primus has been forced to delay increasing line rental charges for some of its customers, after it emerged they hadn't been told of a £1.20/month hike.

As the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announces it will investigate whether mobile and tablet games encourage children to spend hefty sums, MoneySavingExpert.com has found a host of iPhone games which charge up to £70 a pop for virtual items.