2017

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.

Pawnbroking company Cash Converters has warned customers about a data breach on its old website.

The Government's flagship new Tax-Free Childcare scheme will open to parents of kids aged four and five next week - but the rollout for those with children over six has been delayed by up to three months.

Forty-one per cent of those in work have not had a pay rise in the past year, according to a new poll of MoneySavingExpert.com users. Just a quarter have had a rise that matched or exceeded inflation, while those on the lowest salaries are generally least likely to have seen a rise.