February 2018

Card schemes are taking action to deal with a security flaw which means lost or stolen contactless cards can be used AFTER they've been cancelled – but some of the changes will take months to come in and cards will continue to be usable in some cases.

Passengers may face more short-notice cancellations and changes to their train journeys after Network Rail announced some final timetables would only be published six weeks in advance rather than the usual 12.

Household bills and expenses are rising slower than overall inflation, this month's MSE Bills Tracker shows – but don't rest on your laurels as it's likely you could still make big savings.

The new Agile tariff from Octopus Energy tracks wholesale price changes and may even pay you to use electricity - but in reality it seems very unlikely you'll make any cash from it.

The cost of a standard colour TV licence will rise to £150.50 from Sunday 1 April – an increase of £3.50.

More than five million people with basic bank accounts are unable to 'pay at the pump' when buying fuel at many petrol stations because of a block put on their debit card by their bank, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

A MoneySaver who met her fiance on the MoneySavingExpert forum and went on to have a son who still receives birthday messages from our forum users every year has told how MSE changed her life.

Flybe customers buying a ticket for a child travelling on their own will have to pay an extra £79 each way, after the airline doubled the cost of its 'unaccompanied minor' fee without any warning.

Gas and electricity supplier Spark Energy has apologised after a debt collection firm contacted a number of its ex-customers and wrongly told them they owed money - even though some closed their accounts years ago.