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December 2016

Energy giants British Gas and Npower have been wrongly telling customers coming to the end of their fixed-term contracts they'll have to pay exit fees if they switch to a different provider, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal. Don't be fooled though – if you're in the last 49 days of your fix, you CAN switch penalty-free.
9 December 2016
Airline and tour operator Monarch has scrapped its credit card charges for holiday and flight bookings, three weeks after Virgin Atlantic stopped charging the fees on its own flight bookings.
9 December 2016
If you've car insurance underwritten by Gable Insurance, you'll need to arrange alternative cover before your policy is voided at the end of next week, following the company's slide into liquidation.
7 December 2016
Card payment machines in shops will give credit card-holders the option of paying for items in instalments rather than a lump sum, once the Mastercard Instalments scheme is launched next year. However, the interest charged on monthly instalments means some shoppers may end up paying more than they bargained for.
6 December 2016
Labour peers have joined the battle against the retrospective hike in student loan repayments, with the Higher Education and Research Bill going through its second reading in the House of Lords this afternoon.
6 December 2016
Care home residents and their families who have encountered hidden charges or unexpected fee increases are being encouraged to notify the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as part of its investigation into whether people in care homes are being treated fairly.
5 December 2016
Family members of those with a 'severe mental impairment' have been reclaiming £1,000s in council tax overpayments, after a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation revealed thousands of households may be paying too much tax.
5 December 2016
Nationwide will become the latest current account provider to axe a key switching incentive, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.
5 December 2016
An MP calling for the Government to fund the cost of child funerals is confident of "significant cross-party support" for her campaign, which if successful would mean grieving families no longer have to pay £1,000s to lay their children to rest.
5 December 2016
Train passengers are facing being "priced off the railways" ahead of a hike to fares by an average of 2.3% next year. However, there are routes you can take to get around the price rises.
2 December 2016

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