April 2014

Pensioners will be able to buy top-ups of as much as £25 in extra state pension per week from autumn next year under Government plans.

Post Office customers with home phone and broadband bundles will see the price they pay fall from 14 April, but customers will lose their free evening calls and be hit by a £1/month line rental increase.

Savers can get up to 2.75% tax-free interest on cash put into an ISA. But with the deadline looming you need to use your ISA allowance now or you'll lose it.

If you've recently paid by debit or credit card for your Aldi shop, check your bank statement now as you may have been charged twice.

If Barclays, Lloyds or RBS/NatWest have offered you payment protection insurance (PPI) redress on a loan since 2012, you may be owed £100s more.

Update: 12.01pm, 1 April 2014: It was confirmed to us at midday today (1 April), that this was a foolish policy after all and won't be going ahead. Mr I. M. Fibbing, senior lecturer in architecture at a red brick university, says: "We're relieved that this was just a silly joke."

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has promised "tough and decisive action" against payday lenders that don't follow strict new rules, after taking over regulation of the consumer credit market from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today.