2022

Pret a Manger (Pret) is increasing the price of its monthly drinks subscription by 25%. New subscribers signing up from today (3 February) will be charged £25 a month, up from £20 a month. Existing subscribers will see the same increase from their first billing date on or after 16 March.

Energy bills will rise by a typical £693/year for 22 million households in April, as regulator Ofgem confirmed the steepest ever increase to the new price cap level this morning. We've been warning this huge rise was coming due to record gas prices firms are paying, and unfortunately, due to the dire state of the market, most can't save by switching right now.

Households are to get up to £350 in cash to help with their energy bills this year, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced. The move comes after widespread pressure from campaigners, including MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis, for the Government to step in to help households during the cost of living crisis. Here's what you need to know. 

Were households right to follow MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis's "do nothing" energy mantra and stick with the price cap since October 2021? Martin answers this question in his new video on the energy crisis below, as well as explaining what might be next for energy bills. 

A cross-party group of MPs has backed industry calls for the Government to include paid-for scam advertising in the forthcoming Online Safety Bill. In a report published today (2 February), the Treasury Committee urged the Government to "push harder and act faster on the growing fraud epidemic".

Masthaven Bank is to stop offering personal savings accounts and home mortgages to both new and existing customers over the next two years, it's been announced today (1 February). The provider plans to completely exit these UK markets by the end of 2023 - though there's no immediate change for savers or borrowers.   

Can't afford to repay your credit card in full? If you're paying interest you should try for a 0% balance transfer, said MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis in the latest episode of ITV's The Martin Lewis Money Show. Watch Martin explain below, plus see our Credit Card Eligibility Calculator and Best 0% Balance Transfers guide to find the top deal, and see our Debt Problems info if you're struggling. 

Airline passengers on domestic flights within the UK could be compensated if their trip is delayed by just one hour under sweeping new proposals put forward by the Government. The plans also include strengthening consumers' rights to complain when the airline won't help in the first instance. 

Customers of the majority of the UK's biggest banks and building societies will be able to continue to use Post Office counters for basic banking until at least the end of 2025, as part of a new agreement announced today (Monday 31 January), making life easier for those who rely on cash.