Nationwide doubles maximum personal loan to £50k amid rising building costs Previous £25,000 maximum no longer enough to fund some home improvements, says building society
Ofgem energy price cap will fall to £1,574 a year this summer, say analysts Millions of households in Great Britain expected to remain in fuel poverty despite drop in prices
Air Up: scent-flavoured water bottle becomes latest playground craze School must-have is setting pressured parents back £30 but could help keep kids off sugary drinks
More than 6,000 UK bank branches now gone in nine years of ‘disastrous’ closures Thirty-three constituencies, including two in London, will not have a single bank branch by the end of the year, says Which?
Three UK banks announce cuts to cost of fixed-rate mortgages Barclays Bank, HSBC and TSB reveal changes, reversing some of price rises seen in recent weeks
The chancellor should ditch the NatWest retail share offer. It’s not needed The Treasury has been quietly selling off the government’s stake at ever-higher prices on a rising market. Why mess with that?
HMRC leaves callers on hold ‘for 800 years’, says spending watchdog Report suggests time taxpayers spent on phone waiting to speak to adviser has more than doubled
UPS won’t accept return of £899 product it delivered I needed to send back a projector, but the parcel firm threatened to destroy it because it said the battery made it dangerous
Ofgem considers reversing ban on cheaper deals for new energy customers Great Britain regulator says rule ‘no longer necessary for market stability’ and could be reducing competition
UK real pay grows at fastest rate in two years as unemployment rises Figures provide mixed message for Bank of England when it considers interest rate cut next month
EasyJet’s travel insurance said ‘no’ to my valid claim My daughter was taken ill with an unforeseen infection after our booking and couldn’t make the trip
Are 25-year UK mortgages a thing of the past? Younger homebuyers are turning to ultra-long loans, prompting fears over the risk to their finances and the wider economy
Are heat pumps more expensive to run than gas boilers? The first in a series exploring the myths and realities surrounding heat pumps
Rise in ultra-long mortgages ‘poses risk to UK retirement prospects’ Former pensions minister says data shows buyers increasingly forced to accept terms that stretch into state pension age
Capital Group buys more than £110m in NatWest shares after UK government share cut Leading US investor pours cash into shares after cut helps allay fears of state intervention