Consumer Affairs

Families face having huge sums wiped off inheritances, as house sales fall through because of civil service delays.After someone dies, a legal document called a grant of probate is required so families can…
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It comes at little surprise, therefore, the rollout has stalled. Only a tiny minority of households have taken advantage of the £450m grant pot, and a shortage of engineers qualified to work with the…
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Dear Mary and John,I completely endorse a strategy of asking your neighbours to sign over the land to regularise the position and make the situation on the ground match the Land Registry entries for the…
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This is the lowest energy rates will have been since the price cap of April 2022, which was superseded by the government cap last October, experts said.Martin Young, of Investec, said the predicted reduction…
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The Chancellor has announced a £4bn plan to expand free childcare – but there are concerns about a shortage of nursery places and childminders.The plan to make 30 hours of free childcare available to working…
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Court bailiffs were sent to Luton airport to retrieve money for a Wizz Air customer, as shocking figures revealed the lengths consumers go to for compensation.Wizz Air cancelled Russell Quirk’s flight to…
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It is most frequently mothers who suffer the consequences of extortionate costs, with women carrying out an average of 60pc more unpaid work than men, according to official figures.The Office for Budget…
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Barclays has likely been among the hardest hit by the collapse of SVB because of its US exposure and Barclays Capital Division, Mr Burgeman said. Its shares have dropped 18pc over the last week whereas…
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When Rishi Sunak imposed a five-year deep freeze of tax thresholds in 2021, inflation was low and the then chancellor’s move appeared fairly innocuous.But since then, inflation has soared into double digits,…
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Jeremy Hunt has today delivered his Spring Budget against a backdrop of soaring taxes, rampant inflation and a wave of strike action across public services. Pension savers are the biggest winners, with the…
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