Family & Health

A campaign has been launched calling for an investigation into fitness app Bounts after the company made it more difficult to earn rewards from exercising. Paid-for subscriptions have also been scrapped and many customers have been left confused about how to claim refunds.

I'll never forget three women coming to speak to me, by chance one after another, after an Ideal Home Show talk. All were in their 40s-50s, all had lost their husbands in the last few months, and all were desperate: "I'm in dire straits, where do I start?"

The Money Advice Service (MAS) and two existing pension advice services will be merged into a single new Government-backed financial guidance body, which will provide free advice on a range of money matters including pensions and managing debt.

Winners of Blue Peter badges will no longer get free entry to Legoland Windsor, Chessington World of Adventures or dozens of other attractions run by Merlin Entertainments from the start of next year, after the firm ended its long-standing agreement with the BBC.

Derbyshire County Council is understood to be the first local authority in the country to temporarily scrap many term-time holiday fines, while it awaits the outcome of a potential Supreme Court case.

If you've had your tax credit payments wrongly stopped by the troubled contractor Concentrix, it's possible to appeal and get backdated payments. Here's what to try, plus stories from those who've had credits stopped, including a single mum whose appeal is still ongoing despite her calling 67 times in one day.

A household enquiry form is being sent to every home in the UK, but don't ignore it – or else you could face a fine of up to £1,000.

Parents whose children are heading off to college for A-levels, further education or approved training courses must tell HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) or risk losing out on child tax credits and child benefit.

The falling value of people's earnings since 2007 has left 3.2 million households in "problem debt," spending at least a quarter of their earnings on repayments, while 1.6m of these in the most "extreme" type of debt are losing at least 40% to repayments, a report published today has warned.

Online school payments system ParentPay expects to complete a second major overhaul of its website next month after a previous revamp proved hugely unpopular with parents and led to children going hungry at school.