March 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new package of far-reaching measures to help people's finances during the coronavirus pandemic – such as increasing benefits and housing allowance, and paying 80% of employees' wages if businesses are struggling.

The Government and energy suppliers have agreed to new emergency measures to protect people's energy supply during the coronavirus pandemic. 

The Bank of England has slashed the base rate for the second time in just over a week in a further emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic, reducing it from 0.25% to 0.1%.

Sky Sports customers will be allowed to pause their subscriptions without charge, in response to almost all major UK sporting events being cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus.

Supermarket giants have begun restricting grocery sales, limiting shoppers to buying up to three of the same item. Some are also reducing store opening hours or allowing only elderly or vulnerable shoppers in at certain times as they struggle to manage massive demand related to the coronavirus outbreak.

Energy firms are putting in place new measures to help prepayment customers unable to top up during the coronavirus pandemic. We've company-by-company info below, but plans include posting cards loaded with emergency credit to those unable to leave home as they need to self-isolate. 

The BBC has announced it is delaying charging some over-75s for TV licences until August, in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

EDF Energy is set to take on all 190,000 customers supplied by iSupplyEnergy, which is to stop operating – if you're with iSupplyEnergy, here's what you need to know.

Budget airline Ryanair has said it will waive its flight change fees for all customers who wish to change their travel plans due to the current coronavirus pandemic from today until Tuesday 31 March.

Three more major travel insurers have stopped offering travel insurance policies to new customers as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, following LV's decision to suspend sales on Wednesday, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.