November 2017

If you buy a new diesel car from 1 April next year, you'll pay up to £500 more road tax in your first year of owning the vehicle.

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled the Government's financial plans in the 2017 Autumn Budget – including abolishing stamp duty for many first-time buyers.

Sports retailer Decathlon is closing its loyalty scheme meaning any leftover points will be wiped in nine days' time.

Full details of how the trial of the new 26-30 Railcard will work have been revealed, just a day before the Chancellor is expected to announce a nationwide roll-out of the card in the Budget.

British Gas has pledged to scrap its standard variable tariff for new customers next year, replacing it with a one-year tariff with no exit fees – but it so far can't promise the new deal will be any cheaper.

British Airways will introduce a new boarding policy from December, but despite reports claiming it'll force those with hand-luggage only tickets to board last, it insists that decision has not yet been made.

The energy regulator has announced it's investigating SSE over the 'cheapest tariff' information it provides to prepayment customers – on the same day the firm agreed to pay almost £10,000 to hundreds of customers who should not have been moved to prepay meters.

American Express Platinum customers who took out their credit card between August 2015 and August 2016 will see their cashback cut next year, to match what other existing customers and new customers already get.

Lloyds Bank customers who have an Avios Rewards American Express credit card are being urged to check their statements following a spate of fraudulent transactions targeting the rewards card.

EE is to hike the monthly cost of some broadband and landline packages and some call costs from 17 January - though it won't yet give full info on what's changing.