2016

Most resolutions hardly outlast Christmas turkey leftovers, but I've designed these so if you do 'em now, the impact's felt all year

More than 106,000 people have now signed a petition protesting controversial changes to the state pension which will hit hundreds of thousands of women aged 55-65. MPs will decide if the petition should be granted a second parliamentary debate after an existing debate already scheduled for tomorrow (7 January).

For the last couple of years there's been a trick to get British Gas at far cheaper prices. That's because Sainsbury's Energy is a 'white label' of British Gas – in other words the same company but using a different brand – and for someone with typical usage it has been over £200 cheaper. Yet that trick won't work anymore as Sainsbury's Energy's changed its tariffs.

If you're one of TalkTalk's four million customers you've until Thursday to claim a free upgrade – including free Sky Sports for TV customers or a 12-month mobile Sim – after the telecoms giant extended its deadline.

The cost of taking out a standard loan for between £7,500 and £15,000 dropped to the cheapest ever today, after Marks & Spencer slashed its loan rate to 3.3% rep APR.

Millions of HSBC customers were locked out of their online accounts for two days after a major technical problem with its internet banking system.