April 2017

A judge has ruled that a six-month-old baby was entitled to more than £300 in flight delay compensation, in a move which could open the floodgates for a huge number of claims on behalf of under-2s.

Around 30,000 Esure and Sheilas' Wheels insurance customers have been mistakenly billed twice on direct debits this month, but the parent firm has promised to refund all affected policyholders by tomorrow.

Owners of the most polluting cars will have to shell out up to £24 a day to drive in central London from 2019, under plans unveiled by Mayor Sadiq Khan. The Government's also drawing up plans to clamp down on high-polluting cars in other UK cities, though these are at an early stage - here's what we know so far.

The launch tomorrow of the new LISA (Lifetime ISA) looks like it's going to be a damp squib, with only a few providers offering them. Yet don't ignore it. After all, £1,000 of annual free cash is nowt to be sneezed at - and for first-time buyers, delay could cost.

Parents may struggle to take advantage of a Government scheme to deliver 30 hours of free childcare a week for three and four-year olds in England, after a recent survey showed that less than half of the country’s childcare providers are planning to offer the scheme.

Parents and grandparents will be able to leave homes worth up to £850,000 to their children and grandchildren without them paying inheritance tax from tomorrow, with the tax-free allowance rising to £1 million by 2020.

NatWest is cutting cashback for 1.7 million Reward current account-holders from 3% to 2% in June and introducing a hefty £1,500 minimum monthly pay-in for new customers - though it's also cutting the account's monthly fee.

If you're a Barclays current account holder and haven't yet signed up to its Blue Rewards scheme, join by 30 April and you'll get double rewards for the first month. This means you can earn at least £55 in your first year on the scheme.

Tesco Bank has started accepting applications again for its popular current account, which comes with a guarantee of at least 3% AER interest on up to £3,000 until April 2019 – but it's added new hoops to jump through to get the interest.

Renewable gas and electricity supplier Green Energy is hiking electricity prices by around 9% on average, while gas prices will fall by 5% – meaning dual fuel customers face an increase of about 1.5%.