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If you took out a broadband, landline, mobile or TV plan with EE or Plusnet since 17 June 2022 but left your contract early and got charged exit fees, you may now be due a refund. Others who are still with EE and Plusnet may also be offered the chance to leave their contracts penalty-free. It comes after the firms failed to give 1.1 million customers key information about their contracts when they signed up.

BT is facing a £600 million class action case amid claims some 2.3 million customers have been overcharged for their landline since October 2015. The bid has been approved by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) and the case will now proceed to a full trial, though BT continues to deny the claims.

Millions of BT, EE, O2, Plusnet, Shell, Sky, TalkTalk, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone customers are being hit with price hikes of up to 17.3% this year, on the back of a sharp increase in the cost of living. We've a handy table below on what's happening and who's affected.

BT customers have complained that they've been forced into overdrafts after payments were wrongly taken twice this month. The telecommunications giant said it will refund any duplicate payments taken automatically.

The UK's biggest broadband and mobile providers – BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Three, Virgin Media O2, and Vodafone – have agreed to a set of measures aimed at ensuring customers struggling to pay their bills during the cost of living crisis don't get cut off from essential services.

Thousands of Plusnet customers who have its YouView TV box will lose access to certain channels and features, including BT Sport, from 1 November as the provider is scrapping the service. But those who wish to cancel their TV and broadband contracts now, ahead of the shake-up, can do so penalty-free. 

Almost all BT and EE broadband, landline, mobile and TV customers who sign up to a new deal or renew their existing one will be hit with steep price hikes next year, after the companies made changes to their terms and conditions. Once you've agreed to a new deal, you're locked into the price rise – so it's important to factor it in before you sign up.

BT Sport customers will be able to get a 50% bill credit on their subscriptions this month, with Premier League football now set to return on Wednesday 17 June.

Millions of BT customers will see their monthly bills for broadband, landlines and mobiles rise by 1.3% in March even if they're still within their minimum contract term, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

Some of the biggest broadband providers are set to cut costs for those loyal customers paying expensive out-of-contract prices by March 2020, under new measures announced by the telecoms regulator. Yet don't be fooled, the best deals will still be for switchers.