May 2023

If you share your Netflix account with friends or family who don't live with you, you now need to pay at least an extra £4.99 a month to do so, as the streaming service has extended its clampdown on password sharing to UK users. 

Most Now Broadband customers will see their bills increase by £42 a year (£3.50 a month) from 5 July, the provider has announced. However, those on its social tariff won't see prices rise, while those who are affected can cancel penalty-free. Below we've full info on the increase and what you can do about it.

MoneySavers with children whose partners have sadly passed away have reported to us that they've so far reclaimed at least £124,000 in backdated bereavement help – in just three months – after reading about it on MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE). One mum told us that her £22,000 payment has been "life changing". 

The price households pay for energy "will drop considerably" in July, the energy regulator has confirmed to MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis on ITV's Good Morning Britain. It comes ahead of next week's Ofgem announcement on the new Price Cap rate from 1 July, which is predicted to fall below the Government's current Energy Price Guarantee.

Plusnet Mobile is closing down in the "coming months", which means all of its customers need to switch provider if they want to keep using their handsets – particularly if they want the same phone number.

Four energy firms – E.on Next, Good Energy, Octopus Energy and Ovo Energy – have paid millions in compensation to households. It comes after some of the firms failed to provide final bills on time, while some charged some users more than the maximum rates allowed.

Buying tickets to live music, sports or theatre events from a resale site often means paying way over the odds – and sometimes even being turned away at the door – due to online ticket touts charging inflated prices and selling invalid or non-existent tickets. Despite this, the Government has rejected "common sense" proposals to clamp down on these sharp practices. Here's what you need to know.

You can now earn 4.25% on your savings with Staffordshire-based Hanley Economic Building Society's new account. It's the highest easy-access rate in 14 years - since January 2009 - and it overtakes the previous top rate of 3.71%. However, you can only open the account by post or in branch.

If you need to claim a tax refund for work-related expenses, make sure you claim directly through Gov.uk and avoid using tax rebate firms that'll pocket some of your cash. His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed that seven in 10 people who claimed work-related expenses for the 2021/2022 tax year did so via an agent, missing out on receiving the full amount they could have got back.

Households on direct debit energy bills are likely to pay around 18% less for gas and electricity from 1 July, according to final price cap predictions shared today by MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis – see his full explanation below.