August 2020

More than 10,000 standard passport applications took over 12 weeks to process during the height of the coronavirus lockdown, new data obtained by MoneySavingExpert.com shows.

Student travel firm STA Travel UK has ceased trading, claiming it was left with "no choice" following the impact of the coronavirus crisis on tourism.

The Government has announced a last-minute extension of the eviction ban in England and Wales, which will now last until mid-September, amid warnings that thousands of renters could lose their homes when the ban ends.

Learner drivers in England and Wales have described arranging a driving test as "harder than getting Glastonbury tickets", after the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) began taking bookings again after closing them for months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Secondary ticket seller StubHub is now warning people that tickets bought on its site "may not get them into an event", after action from the competition watchdog.

Holidaymakers returning from Croatia and Austria from Saturday will be forced to quarantine for 14 days, with the Foreign Office also now advising against all non-essential travel there due to coronavirus. However, restrictions for Portugal are being lifted at the same time – travellers returning from Saturday will no longer need to quarantine.

Holidaymakers who return from France are now forced to quarantine for 14 days and the Foreign Office is now advising against all non-essential travel there due to coronavirus, in a move which will throw 100,000s of Brits' holiday plans into confusion. The same restrictions are also being put in place for the Netherlands, Malta, Monaco, the Turks and Caicos Islands and Aruba.

Commuters across Great Britain could see rail season ticket prices rise by up to 1.6% from next year, despite people being urged to return to workplaces.

Monzo has topped the latest official banking service league table, narrowly beating Starling Bank, while Tesco Bank took the wooden spoon.

Morrisons will remove all plastic 'bags for life' from its checkouts and replace them with large paper bags if a trial is successful.