March
70,000 ESA claimants to be repaid £1,000s
About 70,000 people on employment and support allowance could be in line to receive up to £20,000 each
21 March 2018
Church of England to accept donations via contactless
The Church of England will introduce contactless card terminals at 16,000 churches, cathedrals and religious sites today
20 March 2018
Warning - if the state helps pay your mortgage interest, act now or it'll be stopped
More than 90% of homeowners who are part of the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme face losing up to £5,000 a year
20 March 2018
PerfectHome to refund customers more than £2 million
Rent-to-own firm PerfectHome will pay back £2.1 million to 37,000 customers after being rapped by the FCA
20 March 2018
Actor Michael Sheen to take on high cost lenders
Hollywood actor Michael Sheen has launched a new campaign to tackle high cost credit
20 March 2018
Millions face energy bill hikes next month after Ofgem raises price cap
Millions of households face paying up to £58 a year more from 1 April as the prepay energy price cap rises by 5.6%
19 March 2018
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to allow Faster Payments
UK users of the digital currency exchange Coinbase could now find it easier to withdraw their money
19 March 2018
Revealed: Millions more WILL be able to get the 26-30 Railcard
The 26-30 Railcard will be put back on sale and made available to millions more people, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal
16 March 2018
Emirates told to pay compensation for missed connections
Thousands more passengers who have missed connecting flights with Emirates could now be able to claim compensation
16 March 2018
'My energy company got my refund wrong... then chased me with debt collectors because I owed 3p'
Energy firm First Utility has apologised after one of its former customers was pursued by debt collectors
16 March 2018
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Beware paying for a day of EU mobile roaming but only getting a minute - MSE warns of sharp practices as post-Brexit protections end
8 August 2022![]()
MoneySavingExpert.com has today published a new report containing worrying findings on EU roaming. It comes as post-Brexit roaming protections have now ended and most major networks have reintroduced roaming fees in the EU, ultimately leaving mobile users with weaker rights and many with higher costs. -
Bank of England increases base rate to 1.75% – what the rise means for your mortgage and savings
5 August 2022![]()
The Bank of England has increased the base rate to 1.75% from 1.25% - the biggest single rise in 27 years. This rate is used by the central bank to charge other banks and lenders when they borrow money – and influences what borrowers pay and savers earn. -
Energy price cap to change every three months from October - what it means for your bills
4 August 2022![]()
The price cap on how much energy suppliers can charge households will now change every three months from October, instead of every six months, regulator Ofgem has confirmed. Due to the current high wholesale energy costs, it means we're likely to see price rises TWICE this winter. -
Coventry Building Society customers hit by payment delays after online services go down – here's what you need to know
4 August 2022![]()
Coventry Building Society customers have been unable to make payments, transfer cash or withdraw from their current and savings accounts online after "an internal technical issue" meant some of its services went down for almost two days. -
Mortgage holder alert as new figures reveal 370,000 are overpaying – can you save £1,000s/yr? Here's how to check
3 August 2022![]()
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners are overpaying on their mortgage because they're languishing on their lender's standard variable rate, new data from the financial regulator has revealed. Yet savings of £1,000s a year may be available if homeowners remortgage to more competitive deals – something they may want to consider sooner rather than later with further interest rate rises expected.
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Martin Lewis: Don't shop at Zara before you go to Spain, Greece, France or Italy
11 July 2022![]()
Update 17 July 2017: We tend to think since Brexit that the pound’s weaker than it has been for decades. While somewhat true against the dollar, against the euro it’s only a tad worse now than when I first wrote this in 2014. The logic of this blog stands just as strongly now. On the Spanish-English website...
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