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April

Coronavirus Employees' Help
If you're worried about work during the coronavirus crisis, this guide looks at your rights as an employee including who's eligible to be furloughed.
26 January 2021

Coronavirus Self-Employed & Small Limited Company Help
If you're worried about work during the coronavirus crisis, this guide looks at your rights if you're self employed, including what help's there for limited company directors.
25 January 2021

Coronavirus Universal Credit & Benefits
If you're suddenly unable to work due to the coronavirus crisis, or you've been laid off, this guide looks at what benefits you can claim, what you're entitled to under universal credit plus tells you how to make a claim.
22 January 2021

Holiday Extras customers furious after getting vouchers instead of refunds for cancelled airport parking
Hundreds of angry customers have hit out at airport parking site Holiday Extras after it changed its usual refund policy and sent them vouchers rather than refunds for cancelled bookings
7 May 2020

Watchdog to investigate unfair coronavirus cancellation policies
The competition watchdog has launched an investigation into complaints that some firms are failing to refund customers for cancellations due to coronavirus - and it's threatened to take legal action to enforce consumers' rights if needed
30 April 2020

Beware mortgage payment holiday calculation errors – make sure you aren't being overcharged
If you're taking a mortgage holiday, check what your payment will change to when you start repaying. Here's what you need to know about what to look out for.
28 April 2020

How to try to beat the Ryanair refund trap – with passengers STILL fighting to get cash back for cancelled flights
Here's what to try if you're struggling to get your money back from Ryanair for a flight cancelled due to Covid-19...
28 April 2020

1.6 million payment holidays offered to mortgage holders affected by coronavirus
One in seven UK mortgages is now subject to a payment holiday, after 1.6 million mortgage breaks were offered to customers who have been impacted by Covid-19
28 April 2020

Got travel insurance you're sure you won't use? Many insurers will now pay out a refund if you cancel
Major travel insurers including Axa, Churchill and Direct Line are now offering pro-rata refunds to customers who’ve ruled out travelling due to coronavirus and want to cancel their policy
27 April 2020

Competition watchdog inundated with complaints about holiday refunds
The competition watchdog has received almost 21,000 complaints linked to coronavirus since early March and 80% of those it's now getting are about cancellations and refunds
24 April 2020
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Warning issued over coronavirus vaccine scams - here's how the NHS will actually contact you
27 January 2021Households have been urged to watch out for scammers posing as the NHS or claiming to offer coronavirus vaccines who then attempt to your steal personal details or con you out of cash -
Green Network Energy and Simplicity Energy stop trading – what you need to know
27 January 2021Green Network Energy, a medium-sized gas and electricity supplier with about 360,000 customers, has stopped trading, as has smaller firm Simplicity Energy, which has about 50,000 customers -
Travellers arriving from 22 countries face hotel quarantine
27 January 2021Travellers arriving from 22 countries with known coronavirus variants will need to quarantine in Government-provided accommodation such as hotels for 10 days, the Prime Minister has confirmed -
Contactless card payment limit could rise to £100 under new plans
27 January 2021Shoppers could see the contactless card payment limit rise from £45 to £100 under new rules being considered by the financial watchdog -
Top 15+ holiday destinations from the UK – where can you still travel to?
27 January 2021We've looked at the top tourist destinations to sort out where you can go without needing to quarantine
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Martin Lewis VIDEO: Should you pay off your Plan 1 student loan?
11 January 2021If you started university between 1998 and 2012, or since then in Scotland and Northern Ireland, you'll have a Plan 1 student loan. While much is written about whether those with savings should overpay the current English Plan 2 student loans, there's little out there about Plan 1. I wanted to change that, so here's a video explaining how to decide... -
Martin Lewis: Payment holidays coming to an end – but should you take one? Mortgages, credit cards, loans, payday loans, car finance and more
5 January 2021Within the last week, we've seen the extension of coronavirus credit card, personal loan and overdraft help to 31 October 2020, with mortgage payment holidays already extended. The regulator's other help schemes are also likely to be extended too, including car finance and payday loans, yet should you do it?