July 2020

Lloyds and Bank of Scotland customers will earn less interest on Club Lloyds and Vantage accounts from October.

If you're on a low income, you could get as much as £200 a year towards the cost of your child's school uniform – saving you £100s or even £1,000s (if you have more than one child) over their school years. With coronavirus plunging 100,000s into new financial hardship, many will be newly eligible, so check now to see if you're one of them and what you could get.

Travel rules are hugely complicated, with restrictions for UK citizens, Foreign Office warnings about other countries, quarantine requirements and a long list of other issues to worry about. To help, this guide cuts through the confusion and summarises the rules for the top 15+ travel destinations.

The Government's 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme is running throughout August, giving 50% discounts up to £10 per person on sit-down meals out from Monday to Wednesday – and over 35 million discounted meals were claimed in the first two weeks alone. It works at over 85,000 restaurants, cafés and pubs – including independents, many big chains such as McDonald's, Nando's and The Ivy Collection, and Michelin star restaurants such as The Angel at Hetton and Aquavit London.

Holidaymakers returning from Spain must self-isolate for 14 days after the Government reimposed quarantine rules aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus on 26 July 2020. The Government's now also warning against all non-essential travel to Spain – including the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands – in a move which will affect 100,000s of Brits' summer holiday plans.

MoneySavingExpert.com is today slamming "irresponsible and dangerous" changes made by the Student Loans Company to its website, which fly in the face of evidence and recommendations presented to both it and the Government.

Luxembourg has become the latest country to be added back on to the UK's travel exclusion list, after the Government announced anyone arriving from the small European nation must quarantine for 14 days, and advised against all non-essential travel there.

Sainsbury's Bank has brought in strict new lending restrictions which mean it is no longer issuing new credit cards or loans to anyone who's self-employed, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal. 

The aviation regulator has today published a list of 18 airlines' performances during the coronavirus pandemic, with Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic rapped for being too slow to pay refunds. The announcement comes after MoneySavingExpert.com warned yesterday they were likely to be named and shamed based on the results of our latest survey on travel refunds. 

The financial regulator has proposed a change to its rules which could make it easier for 10,000s of borrowers in 'closed mortgage books' to switch to a cheaper deal – though it will be up to lenders whether they actually carry out the change.