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April 2017

Mobile phone firms will soon have to let users cap their monthly bill to stop them being hit with unexpected charges for going outside their allowance, after a new law was passed.
28 April 2017
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has earmarked £130 million as part of plans to help customers caught out by property contract clauses that mean they're on the hook to pay escalating ground rents.
28 April 2017
If you've still got any old-style £5 notes, beware – you only have until Friday (5 May) to spend them before they're officially withdrawn by the Bank of England. Here's what's happening and what you can do if you miss the deadline.
28 April 2017
Two new tax breaks which were supposed to have applied to earnings from 6 April 2017 have been quietly axed by the Government, for the time being at least, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.
28 April 2017
Vodafone pay-monthly customers who are outside the minimum term of their contract in June will be slapped with an annual price increase of up to £42 - but you can dodge the hike without paying a penny.
27 April 2017
British Gas has launched its long-awaited new rewards scheme today and is offering Sky Store movie vouchers to the first 150,000 customers who sign up online, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.
27 April 2017
Consumers received almost £1.9 billion in redress payments during the second half of 2016, with PPI topping the list of the most complained about products, according to figures published today by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
26 April 2017
Savvy shoppers who pay with a credit card to qualify for Section 75 protection if something goes wrong risk being left £1,000s out of pocket thanks to an obscure and little-understood exemption, a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation reveals.
25 April 2017
NHS workers and care staff are among thousands of people left out of pocket after a tax rebate claims firm ceased trading, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.
25 April 2017

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