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December 2021

Businesses that have been financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic could receive a grant of up to £6,000 under a new £1 billion support package. 
21 December 2021
British Gas customers should ignore emails they have received from the UK's biggest energy supplier encouraging them to switch to fixed-price deals as it could make them £100s a year worse off. There are no fixed deals right now cheaper than providers' default tariffs, which are currently based on energy regulator Ofgem's price cap. 
20 December 2021
HSBC customers who use the bank's app should carefully check the value of any transfers they make after it changed the way people enter payments, with some warning they nearly transferred thousands of pounds by mistake.
20 December 2021
Starling Bank current account holders who want to deposit more than £1,000 in cash in any one calendar year will be charged to do so via the Post Office from March 2022. Customers will, however, continue to be able to deposit money electronically or by cheque fee-free. 
17 December 2021
It may seem like such a minimal task, but rummaging through your purse or wallet could save you some extra cash. So dig deep and get moving to gain those extra pounds.  
17 December 2021
The Government has significantly cut the financial help it is offering motorists wanting to buy a brand new electric car with immediate effect this week, and has also lowered the price cap on cars people can buy under the scheme. 
17 December 2021
Transport for London (TfL) is making the £15 congestion charge permanent in the capital, but from 21 February next year drivers won't have to pay the fee after 6pm on weekdays and before 12pm or after 6pm on weekends. Here's what is happening. 
16 December 2021
Holidaymakers from the UK will be banned from entering France from 00.01am on Saturday 18 December, whether they are vaccinated or not. Only those with a "compelling" reason will now be able to enter the country but this doesn't include travel for tourist or business reasons.
16 December 2021
Thousands of Amigo borrowers, who were mis-sold loans they couldn't afford, are expected to get back less than half of the interest and fees they were charged by the lender, it's been revealed. 
15 December 2021
Energy suppliers will have to undergo tougher tests and checks on their finances from January under new rules unveiled today by energy regulator Ofgem. The new rules come after a slew of energy failures in recent months, with more than 20 suppliers going bust since September.
15 December 2021

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