March 2023

If you've got an old mobile handset you may soon lose internet access. Vodafone has become the first major mobile network to switch off 3G in parts of the country with other networks set to follow. Here's how to check if your handset is impacted and what you need to do about it.  

Over eight million households on certain benefits and Tax Credits have received the first third of their £900 cost of living payment. Here's all you need to know on whether you're eligible and how to claim if you're missing your payment.

Boots is to cut the number of loyalty points shoppers using its Advantage Card scheme can earn from May. But at the same time the retailer is increasing the number of items Advantage Card-holders can earn discounts on, as well as introducing a new scheme giving users 10% off own-brand items.

Around two million people across the UK use fuels such as heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), coal or biomass to heat their homes. The majority should have received a £200 support payment in February from their electricity supplier, but if not, you can now apply for the payment.

British Gas has cut gas prices for over a million of its prepay meter users as of Saturday 1 April, bringing them in line with the rates paid by those on direct debit. The change means these customers will save an average of £59 each on their gas costs over the next year. Here's what you need to know. 

More than 1,000 Passport Office workers across the UK will walk out from today (3 April) through to 5 May as part of strike action over pay, pensions, redundancy terms and job security. Below we explain your travel and compensation rights if your passport application or renewal is delayed.

Standard stamp prices are to rise by up to 16%, Royal Mail has confirmed. From Monday 3 April, the cost of first-class stamps will be hiked to £1.10 (up 15p from 95p), while second-class stamps will increase to 75p (up 7p from 68p).

The Government has changed its guidance on how energy suppliers should apply the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) discount to Economy 7 tariffs from April. It comes after MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis raised the issue with the Energy Secretary, as many Economy 7 users saw bills rise unfairly in January.

High street banks including Lloyds and NatWest will close at least 81 more branches this year. We've rounded up the planned closures for each bank and what the alternatives are if you still want face-to-face banking. 

The Bank of England has increased the base rate from 4% to 4.25%. This rate is used by the central bank to charge other banks and lenders when they borrow money – and so it influences what borrowers pay and what savers earn.