October 2014

TalkTalk home phone customers will be hit by line rental price hikes along with a number of other price rises from 1 December.

MoneySavingExpert.com has today launched what's likely to be the largest collective switch to date and we've negotiated tariffs cheaper than the cheapest energy deals using the power of the 9m recipients of our weekly email and the 1.2m members of Cheap Energy Club.

Lloyds Banking Group has put aside a further £900 million provision to cover payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling claims.

Update: 12 December 2014: Tesco has extended its Clubcard Boost, so you now have until 21 December to exchange vouchers for Boost tokens either in store or online.You still have until 24 December to spend vouchers. Tesco has also recently added Baby & Toddler as a new department due to customer demand.

If you're planning on filling up your car with petrol, wait until tonight at Tesco or until tomorrow at Asda or Morrisons as the supermarkets are cutting fuel prices by up to 2p/litre.

If you need to file a paper self-assessment tax return and haven't already done so, do it now to avoid a hefty fine as the deadline is fast approaching . But if you do miss the deadline, don't file by paper – do it online instead.

The cost of taking out car insurance has risen for the first time in more than two years after efforts to clamp down on fraudulent claims failed to deliver the savings insurers had anticipated, according to the AA.