MSE News

June

Fraudsters pretending to be from HMRC are calling unsuspecting consumers – but you can fight back against these phoneys

30 June 2016

A Nurofen advert that claimed a product could specifically target joint and back pain has been banned from TV screens

29 June 2016

A petition calling for the end of retrospective changes to the student loans agreement has sparked a Westminster debate

29 June 2016

Homebase has stopped accepting a wide array of gift cards and vouchers after being taken over by new owners

29 June 2016

Holidaymakers have lost out on hundreds of pounds after currency exchange company Ace-FX cancelled 1,000 orders

29 June 2016

You can slash your EXISTING mortgage costs by £1,000s with the cheapest-ever two-year-fix remortgage launched, at 0.99%

29 June 2016

Some branded over-the-counter medicines can cost up to eight times as much as generic equivalents – and even 'own brand'

29 June 2016

Plusnet is to hike its home phone and broadband prices for a second consecutive year

28 June 2016

The Government's U-turn on a promise to increase the threshold of student loan repayments has been debated in Parliament

28 June 2016

A widow has received life-changing compensation from HSBC after sending off our PPI template letter

28 June 2016

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'My hamster ate my post': HMRC reveals most bizarre tax return excuses as deadline looms

17 January 2020

HM Revenue & Customs has released the most "weird and wonderful" excuses it's received from taxpayers who have failed to get their self-assessment tax return in on time – with bizarre explanations such as 'I was up a mountain in Wales'
Nationwide double-charges hundreds of customers for credit card repayments

16 January 2020

Hundreds of Nationwide customers have had their monthly credit card repayment taken twice, with one family overcharged by up to £2,500, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal
Many private parking firms to spare drivers hefty fines for number-plate errors

16 January 2020

Motorists who enter the wrong number-plate details when paying for private parking tickets will in many cases no longer be 'fined' the full amount
Got a Hotpoint or Indesit washing machine? Your rights as 100,000s of machines are recalled

16 January 2020

Whirlpool is preparing to issue a product recall of up to 519,000 Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines found to pose a fire safety risk – here are your rights if your machine's affected
Ovo completes purchase of SSE – what it means for customers

15 January 2020

In a major shake-up of the energy market, challenger firm Ovo has finalised the purchase of SSE – if you're an SSE customer, here's what it means for you.