January 2015

SSE has today become the fifth of the big six energy providers to announce a gas price cut this year, but the 4.1% drop won't take effect until 30 April.

The euro has weakened even further over the past week. It now sits at a paltry £1 buying €1.33 at the spot rate (and £1 buys €1.33 at the best travel money rate too). This would've been unthinkable last year when you'd have done well to get €1.20 and two years ago when €1.15 would've been worth whooping about.

Almost 50,000 drivers made claims against councils across Britain for damage caused to their vehicles by potholes in the last financial year, new figures shows. But only 23% of claims were successful.

From Monday 26 January it could be more difficult to sell or rent your home as a new high street estate agent-led property portal is launching that restricts the number of websites its members can advertise properties on.

Npower has today become the fourth energy provider to announce price cuts this year, but the drop doesn't take effect until 16 February and the 5.1% reduction only applies to gas.

Energy firm SSE is to be investigated by Ofgem over concerns it restricted competition in the electricity connections market.

Banks may have to make it easier to compare and switch cash savings accounts if plans announced by the City regulator today are put in place.

Drivers are paying about 10% less for their car insurance compared with a year ago, according to the AA. However, it warns they are likely to rise this year.

Scottish Power is the latest energy provider to announce price cuts this year, but the drop doesn't take effect until 20 February and the 4.8% reduction only applies to gas.

Tens of thousands of current and former EE and T-Mobile phone customers are sharing in a £1 million refund after they were incorrectly charged VAT while using their phones outside Europe.