February 2017

Grocery shoppers are being hit by hidden price hikes in the form of 'shrinkflation', with packet sizes for popular brands such as Birds Eye, Maltesers and Mr Kipling getting smaller, according to a new analysis.

More than 300,000 shoppers with catalogue brands Ace and Studio are in line for refunds after they were flogged near-useless accidental damage and theft cover for their clothing purchases.

First Direct has once again been crowned king of customer service in MoneySavingExpert.com's biannual banking poll, while Barclays has the dubious honour of taking home the wooden spoon.

Santander has vowed to remove a controversial clause from its buy-to-let mortgage terms that states that landlords must increase rents by "as much as reasonably can be achieved".

Energy price hikes are coming thick and fast, so we wanted to update you with the situation right now. Remember - this is the time your usage is at its highest, so check now to see if you can save £100s.

The Government has named and shamed more than 350 employers who failed to pay workers the national minimum wage, with high street stalwart Debenhams identified as one of the most prominent offenders.

MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has been quick to discredit a "fake advert" that claimed he made money out of a risky form of investment known as 'binary trading'. Not only has Martin never invested in binary options, he would never recommend that others do so.

A Vodafone customer has told how he racked up an astonishing £10,500 bill after exceeding the data allowance on his Wi-Fi dongle, which he mistakenly thought had been capped. If you use broadband on the go, beware – some Vodafone dongle customers don't have any caps on their usage in the UK, even though all providers cap dongle usage abroad.

Vodafone, EE and O2 have announced that millions of mobile phone customers will face inflationary mid-contract price hikes in the next couple of months. Here's what your rights are if you're affected – unfortunately if you're in your minimum term, you're unlikely to be able to quit your contract penalty-free.

Drivers have been warned not to wait until their MOT to find out if their car needs attention after a Government road casualty report showed 1,830 accidents last year were linked to vehicles being unroadworthy.