2016

At least seven mortgage lenders have yet to cut their standard variable rates (SVRs) following last month's base rate cut, as the Bank of England is due to meet again today to set interest rates.

The Bank of England today kept the base rate at 0.25% – resisting temptation to make further changes to the rate a month after it fell to a historic low.

First-time buyers will be able to get a Government bonus towards a first home in time to bolster their deposit when they exchange contracts under the new Lifetime ISA (LISA) scheme, which begins next year.

Forced installations of prepay energy meters for those in debt with their supplier could be banned for the most vulnerable customers, Ofgem has proposed.

Around 2,000 appeals against tax credit cuts will be examined by tax officials in the wake of HM Revenue & Customs' decision to axe a controversial contractor hired to cut fraud, it emerged today.

Apple has launched a new payment system which allows you to spread the cost of a new iPhone 7 over 20 months in instalments – without paying a penny in interest.

The plastic fiver enters circulation today with the Bank of England promising the new note will be a stronger and more secure upgrade on its paper predecessor.

Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) customers on T-Mobile tariffs will be asked to pay at least twice as much for mobile data 'boosters' from next month, parent network EE has announced.

A controversial contractor hired by HM Revenue & Customs to cut tax credit fraud won't have its contract extended beyond May 2017 after massive criticism of its performance and claims hundreds have had their tax credits wrongly stopped.