Local authorities increase council tax bills by up to 5%, but some households can mitigate impact by challenging them or applying for discounts By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 24 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 24 April 2021 Cash-strapped local authorities have just increased council tax bills for the year … Read more
Save hundreds of pounds a year on shopping with one click! Use cashback websites to cut your costs By Dan Moore, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 24 April 2021 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 24 April 2021 ‘Coupon kid’: Money blogger Jordon Cox Millions of households now regularly use the internet to do their … Read more
Only 55 per cent of homes that applied to the Green Homes Grant in the eight months it operated were approved, new data has revealed. Applications for the scheme were also revealed to have soared in the month before it was due to close, official Government figures show. Nearly 31,000 people applied in March 2021 … Read more
Eon rapped by watchdog after taking direct debit payments early for 1.6m customers on Christmas Eve Eon is paying back over £55,000 to customers who had payment taken early The supplier took Direct Debit payments from many early over Christmas It is also paying over £650,000 to the Energy Redress Fund By Grace Gausden For This … Read more
The number of households with a landline has fallen by four million since 2000, new research has revealed. There are now around 22million connections in the UK, down 15 per cent from its peak at the turn of the century when 95 per cent of homes had one, according to data from Uswitch. Some 1.41million … Read more
British Gas promises to do more to help vulnerable customers trying to book Homecare appointments By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 20 April 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 April 2021 British Gas has pledged to do more to help vulnerable customers after Money Mail sent it a dossier of nearly … Read more
One Call Insurance is again being called out by customers, who say it failed to cancel their policies when asked. This is Money previously reported on the firm not returning full refunds to its customers, despite them cancelling during the cooling-off period. The Yorkshire-based insurer now faces claims that payment is still being taken from … Read more
Millions of households will pay more for their broadband this month with four major telecoms providers hiking prices. The average bill will increase £3.03 per month, the equivalent of £36.39 per year, according to Compare the Market, with the collective cost estimated to be nearly a billion pounds. The nation’s big four internet providers, Sky, … Read more
Cheapest and priciest supermarkets to buy a basket of 20 items or trolley-load of 85 goods revealed: Waitrose is 32% more expensive than Lidl 20-item shop came in over £7 more at Waitrose than at Lidl, Which? said For a trolley of 85 items excluding discounters, Asda came out as the cheapest By Jane Denton … Read more
The first national lockdown failed to prevent two-thirds of burglaries: Top tips to keep your house safe as restrictions ease EXCLUSIVE: Two-thirds of residential burglaries still took place in lockdown The stay at home order clearly did not deter many thieves Overall, the average cost of stolen goods cost households £2,856 each By Grace Gausden … Read more