June 2013

Councils in England will be given a budget to freeze their council tax for the next two years, Chancellor George Osborne announced today in his Spending Review.

Payday lenders, charities and Government ministers will get together next week to discuss "widespread" issues in the industry.

Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco have all announced a cut in petrol and diesel prices from tomorrow, following recent hikes.

Travellers to the US are being warned not to fall for copycat Esta sites after one of Boris Johnson's senior aides paid more than five times the normal price for one to accompany the London mayor on a visit to San Francisco.

The price of petrol and diesel has edged back up over the last month, with diesel drivers getting a worse deal than petrol users, according to figures from the AA.

Energy firms will be forced to offer a maximum of four tariffs per fuel in a bid to simplify the market for bamboozled consumers, under plans announced today by regulator Ofgem.

The European Commission is planning to further cut charges for using your mobile in other European countries.

Text messages promoting a payday lender have been banned for suggesting loans are suitable for funding a social life.

Over 400,000 households have told the BBC they do not need a TV licence because they only watch catch-up TV, they only use it for games or they just don't watch programmes at all on any device.