2016

The vast majority of MoneySavingExpert.com users aged under 65 would appear to be hanging up their home phone for good, according to our online poll, which follows calls for broadband-only customers to be exempt from landline costs.

George Osborne has written to mortgage lenders following a meeting with MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis last week about the plight of so-called 'mortgage prisoners'. However, Martin believes the Chancellor's letter only addresses "a fraction of the problem".

For some shopping is a hobby, others a chore, for me it's a challenge. If you're going to buy, how can you get exactly what you want and pay less for doing it?

Cash-strapped students returning home for the summer holidays can claim back up to £36 from the cost of their TV licence – as long as they took the licence out at the start of their annual studies.

Some energy customers with prepay meters could save an average of almost £120/year by switching to one of the two cheapest new fixed-term tariffs.

University students across the UK need to get a shift on if they want to guarantee getting their loans in time for the start of the September 2016 term.

The competition watchdog has called for monthly unarranged overdraft fees to be capped as part of its recommendations to overhaul the way banks work.

The financial regulator has admitted mortgage lenders "could be more proactive" in making sure homeowners don't become so-called 'mortgage prisoners', who are told they can't afford a cheaper mortgage deal. But its report published today stops short of outlining any concrete proposals to fix the problem.

Opportunistic claims management companies are siphoning off up to a third of compensation cash paid to consumers and have already pocketed around £5 billion from PPI payouts, MPs have warned.