2020

Businesses which are legally required to close due to local or national restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus will receive grants to pay up to two-thirds of the wages of staff who cannot work, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.

Cineworld has closed its UK cinemas temporarily – here's what you need to know about what's happening to booked tickets, memberships and more. 

A Government taskforce will consider how coronavirus testing could reduce the amount of time people need to quarantine for when returning to the UK from overseas.

The Government has today agreed to change old laws which force lenders to send intimidating letters to people struggling with debt, in a key campaign victory for the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute charity set up by MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis.

Tonik Energy, a gas and electricity supplier with about 130,000 domestic customers, has stopped trading, and is in the process of appointing administrators.

The official state pension age has now hit 66 – and is set to rise further in the coming years.

Parents could be losing £100s or even £1,000s in Childcare Vouchers because they eventually expire – and given the break in using nurseries due to coronavirus, more people than normal may have expired vouchers. Yet if this does happen, it's easy to reclaim the money. We've full help on how to check if you're affected and what to do below, plus the story of how one of the MoneySavingExpert.com team, MSE Jenny, recouped a whopping £2,600. 

Savers trying to make withdrawals from National Savings and Investments (NS&I) accounts ahead of next month's massive rate cuts have found they are unable to access their money due to an ongoing "technical issue".

The Post Office has announced that it will be raising the price of some call plans and landline calls in November, with some customers facing increases of up to £42/year.

If you've an AA or Bank of Ireland UK credit card, it'll soon be replaced with a new one from little-known fintech firm Jaja, while some Post Office credit card customers are also affected. It comes after Jaja bought Bank of Ireland's credit card portfolio, and while the way your card works isn't changing much, the way you manage your account online is – here's what you need to know.