December 2016

Budget airline Ryanair has declared it WILL recognise the jurisdiction of British courts in flight delay compensation cases, but only if customers shun third-party claims firms and approach the airline directly.

Local authorities across England will be given the go-ahead to plug the gap in social care funding by raising council tax by 6% over the next two years. However, there are steps you can try to bring down the cost of your council tax bill.

Hackers may have accessed personal data from more than one billion Yahoo accounts during a 2013 cyber-attack, the internet giant has admitted – making it one of the largest data thefts ever.

Savers using the new Lifetime ISA (LISA) won't be charged the 25% penalty for withdrawing money which isn't put towards a first home or retirement in the first year of the scheme, the Government has announced.

The financial watchdog is to consider whether homebuyers currently have enough information to choose mortgages and if they're in a position to understand whether products are good value.

About 300 post offices may have to reduce or cancel services across the festive period, after a trade union confirmed that strike action will take place – make sure you send your parcels before Monday 19 December to avoid extra hassle.

The value of Government-owned student-loan debt to prospective buyers has been cited by Chancellor Philip Hammond as a reason not to reverse a retrospective freeze on the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their loans.

A raft of measures to help passengers find cheaper train tickets have been unveiled today, with work on making ticket machines easier to understand and demystifying rail companies' T&Cs among the areas of improvement being targeted over the coming year.