MoneySavingExpert News
January

Post Office fined £175,000 by Ofcom for overcharging customers with impairments
Post Office has been fined £175,000 by communications regulator Ofcom for over-charging customers with hearing or speech impairments who made telephone calls using a relay service
14 January 2020

Gambling on credit cards to be banned from April
Gambling businesses will be banned from allowing consumers in England, Scotland and Wales to use credit cards to gamble from April
14 January 2020

Flybe 'holds rescue talks with the Government' – latest info and your rights
UK airline Flybe has reportedly held crunch talks with the Government in a bid to save the airline from collapse
14 January 2020

Leasehold reform proposals could save homeowners £1,000s
Millions of homeowners looking to extend their lease or purchase their freehold could save £1,000s under new proposals published by the Law Commission, though any changes are likely to be a long way off.
10 January 2020

Train passengers still struggling to buy railcards weeks after website update
Some train passengers have been left unable to buy or renew their railcards online for weeks, due to ongoing "technical issues" with the Railcards website
10 January 2020

Dixons Carphone hit with £500,000 fine after data breach
The ICO has hit Dixons Carphone with the fine.
10 January 2020

Banks to have single easy-access savings rate on old accounts under new proposals announced today
Banks will have to set a single rate across all their easy-access accounts under new rules proposed by the financial watchdog today
9 January 2020

Barclays announces overdraft shake-up with interest rates of 35%
Barclays will be replacing its daily overdraft fees with a single interest rate of 35% from March - we've full info on whether you'll pay more or less after the changes
8 January 2020

Warning. Tandem to end fee-free cashback credit card in March – should you pay £6/month to keep it?
Challenger bank Tandem has announced it is to start charging for its popular cashback credit card, with existing customers unable to use their cards from 9 March unless they pay a £5.99/mth membership fee
8 January 2020

Virgin Media to give a million customers free broadband speed boost
Just over one million Virgin Media customers will get a free broadband speed boost and be upgraded to the firm's M100 package, meaning they'll get average broadband speeds of 108Mbps
7 January 2020
22 June 2022
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Free lateral flow tests in Wales extended until 31 July for people showing signs of Covid
24 June 2022Free lateral flow tests in Wales will continue to be available for people showing Covid symptoms up until 30 July. -
Private parking charges to be halved to £50 - here are all the details
24 June 2022Private car park operators in England, Scotland and Wales will no longer be able to set fines above £50 in the majority of circumstances, under new rules set out by the Government. -
You've got 100 days to use paper £20 and £50 notes before they become unusable - so check your pockets and down the back of sofas now
23 June 2022Time is running out to check down the back of your sofa for any soon-to-be-discontinued paper £20 and £50 notes. There are only 100 days left before they become invalid but the latest figures from the Bank of England show there are almost £15 billion-worth of notes still around. -
New Government-backed interest-free loan scheme to be rolled out across the UK from September – here’s how it works
23 June 2022Vulnerable people who have been rejected from borrowing will apply to apply for a one-off no interest loan scheme (NILs) from September. The scheme aims to reach 20,000 struggling to pay off debt, with them being able to borrow anything from £100 to £2,000 – here’s how it’ll work. -
Barclays to shut a further 15 bank branches this year - check if yours is closing and what your options are
23 June 2022Barclays has announced another round of bank branch closures, with 15 more outlets set to shut by the end of the year. The latest closures mean Barclays will close 55 branches by the end of the year. Below we list the branches disappearing and what the alternatives are if you still want face-to-face banking.
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Martin Lewis: The one thing everyone aged over 66 needs to know
17 June 2022It is a national tragedy that getting on for a million pensioners, many of whom have been paying into the system for years, are missing out on a critical boost to their income. It's called pension credit, and this year it also means you get an extra £650 to help with energy bills. -
Martin Lewis: What I asked the Chancellor to do when I spoke to him on Monday...
26 May 2022With the announcement of the Government's energy cost of living plans due out at lunchtime. I thought I'd speedily bash out a note down of what (from memory) I'd asked the Chancellor for when we spoke on Monday - and the other general suggestions I've been making. -
Martin Lewis: Got a cash ISA? You should probably ditch it
24 May 2022Press the rewind button and go way back to April 2015... Possibly on the telly in the corner of your living room, I was on-air at the time urging savers as usual to use their new tax-free cash ISA allowance – because 'money was nicer in an ISA'. But things changed in 2016. -
Martin Lewis: 'UO is just as important as UX: A tip for anyone developing their website or app'
6 May 2022I set up MoneySavingExpert.com nearly 20 years ago – when arguably the modern web was still in its infancy. With an abundance of self-belief (something I had too much of then, as I realise now) I decided not to read any books, or follow prevailing wisdom on how a site should operate – and just do it my way.