Conservatives

Around a million households who receive the Warm Home Discount should save an average £120/year on their energy bills when the regulator extends its prepay price cap to some credit meter customers within the next few months.

The Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to publish a new draft bill setting out plans for an energy price cap which applies to standard variable tariffs.

A reform of social care funding, a free vote on fox-hunting and plans to leave the European single market as part of Brexit – those are the three Conservative Party manifesto pledges consumers would most like to see dropped by the new Government in Wednesday's Queen's Speech, according to a new poll of MoneySavingExpert.com users.

Every piece of consumer protection that safeguards individuals under current EU law will be enshrined in new UK law post-Brexit, both major parties have promised.

The Conservative Party has launched its election manifesto with a series of pledges directly affecting consumers, including a price cap on standard variable energy tariffs, clearer mobile phone bills, means-testing of winter fuel payments, a social care shake-up and an end to the state pension 'triple lock' guarantee.

Theresa May has pledged to set an energy price cap on standard tariffs, in a move designed to cut gas and electricity bills by up to £100/year for those on the worst deals.

The Conservative general election manifesto is likely to include a pledge to cap prices for households overpaying on their energy bills, a senior minister has signalled.

Parents and grandparents will be able to leave homes worth up to £850,000 to their children without them paying inheritance tax from 2017, rising to £1 million by 2020.

Now it's been confirmed that the Conservative Party has been voted back into Government after winning more than the 326 seats needed, we explain how its policies affect your pocket.

The Government will consider a cap on prices charged by high-cost lenders but stopped short of supporting a motion calling for immediate regulation.