Booking.com demanded an extra €5,000 for our villa | Consumer rights
Last May, 12 of us used Booking.com to rent a Greek villa for a fortnight in August. We paid the €4,435 cost in full and booked flights and hire cars....
Britons should buy value brands to cope with living cost crisis, says minister | Cost of living crisis
Shoppers can deal with soaring food prices and cope with the cost of living crisis by choosing value brands in the supermarket, the environment secretary has suggested.George Eustice, the cabinet...
The pros and cons of buying supermarket own-brand food | Money
Critics of the government have seized on comments made by the environment secretary, George Eustice, who suggested people could help ease the cost of living crisis by buying value-brand food.Opponents...
Halt shift to universal credit to protect vulnerable Britons, charities demand | Universal credit
Ministers are facing calls to immediately halt a plan to begin shifting millions of people on to universal credit, amid serious concerns that it risks “pushing many of them into...
PwC offers UK staff shorter Friday work hours for summer | Work-life balance
PricewaterhouseCoopers has told its accountants and other staff they can finish work early on Fridays over the summer, becoming the latest company to offer flexible work incentives to try to...
EasyJet cancelled flight to see my dying mother | Consumer rights
My partner and I had an easyJet flight booked from Pisa to Gatwick to visit my terminally ill mother. EasyJet cancelled it 15 days before we were due to fly...
Tell us: are you cutting down on food due to high living costs? | Cost of living crisis
We would like to hear from people who have been affected by food insecurity as a result of the rising cost of living in the UK. Are you having to...
What the Bank of England’s base rate rise means – in numbers | Interest rates
The Bank of England has increased the base rate to 1% in an attempt to curb inflation. It’s the fourth increase since the start of December, when the base rate...
Homes for sale with relaxing bedrooms – in pictures | Money
Buckland Dinham, SomersetTwo mature yew trees flank this Georgian house with a stone terrace running along the facade and an arched entrance. Upstairs, Goldilocks would be spoilt for choice, there...
UK house prices rise but cost of living crisis will cool market, says Halifax | Housing market
UK house prices rose again in April, extending the longest run of monthly increases in six years, according to Halifax, but the lender said rising interest rates and squeezed household...