Family finances

Middle-income households to be hit by ‘£2bn council tax bombshell’
Poorer families set to suffer as local authorities consider whether to put up council tax by maximum of 4.99%
Phillip Inman
21, Feb, 2021 @10:15 AM

Sky broadband and TV customers to be hit by price increase
Move comes as British Gas and EDF bump up standard energy tariffs by an average of £97 a year
Miles Brignall
20, Feb, 2021 @7:00 AM

How to beat UK energy price rises and lower your bills
With Ofgem lifting the price cap on standard tariffs from April 2021, here’s what you can do
Hilary Osborne
05, Feb, 2021 @4:59 PM

‘I got back £4,300 just by checking my tax code was right’
HMRC repaid a woman thousands after she discovered she was taxed as if she received child benefit
Rupert Jones
30, Jan, 2021 @7:00 AM

Ovo to launch 'half-price' electric vehicle charging tariff
New Drive Anytime rate bids to mirror rivals’ off-peak tariff with savings of 60% a year, supplier claims
Jillian Ambrose
26, Jan, 2021 @7:57 PM

More than half of UK households fear losing savings in Covid crisis
Many low-income families are struggling to pay bills in Covid crisis, survey reveals
Hilary Osborne Money and consumer editor
23, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM

Experience: my dream flat became a nightmare
Six months after moving in, I got a letter telling me my roof was covered in dangerous cladding
Hayley Tillotson
22, Jan, 2021 @10:00 AM

Nearly 9m people in UK increased their borrowing in 2020, says ONS
People, many among Britain’s poorest, have taken on more debt to cope with effects of pandemic
Phillip Inman
21, Jan, 2021 @8:42 PM

The problem is poverty, however we label it | Aditya Chakrabortty
The prefixes ‘food’, ‘child’ or ‘fuel’ make life for 14 million poor Britons seem easily fixable. In truth, radical action is needed, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
Aditya Chakrabortty
21, Jan, 2021 @6:00 AM

How UK taxpayers can avoid falling into the child benefit trap
Every year high-income charges catch out thousands of families. Here’s how to not fall foul of HMRC
Miles Brignall
16, Jan, 2021 @7:00 AM

Covid crisis prompts financial fears for those organising funerals
Fivefold increase in direct cremations with no service or loved ones present, says SunLife
Rupert Jones
15, Jan, 2021 @1:03 PM

Morrisons to be first UK supermarket to pay minimum £10 an hour
Bradford-based chain announces it will increase current £9.20 minimum hourly pay from April
Zoe Wood
13, Jan, 2021 @12:01 AM
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