March 2018

More than 660,000 customers switched electricity supplier in February – the highest number ever recorded in a single month.

A nationwide trial of the new 26-30 Railcard started on Tuesday morning, but if you want to get one you'll have to go quick, as there are only 10,000 available and the railcard website has been crashing because of the high volume of traffic.

TSB customers can continue to earn £75 each for themselves and a friend they refer who switches to the bank, after an extension of its current account referral scheme.

The price of some Post Office broadband and line rental packages are rising by up to 8% on 1 May - and calls packages will increase by up to 33%. But if you're affected you should be able to leave your contract penalty-free.

Discount chain Lidl is the latest supermarket to axe 5p plastic bags.

Five best-buy 0% balance transfer deals have been cut this week, with the longest card now offering up to 36 months at 0%, and the longest no-fee card 28 months. If you've credit card debt to shift, act now before deals worsen.

Some Tesco Bank customers have had their credit cards cancelled following concerns about accounts potentially being compromised.

A rule which prevents delayed rail passengers from claiming for extra costs they incur such as taxis or hotels is to be scrapped – but getting firms to fork out for these expenses in future is unlikely to be easy.

An energy company has apologised after it told a customer he was £950 in credit when giving his final bill - only to go back to him months later and tell him he OWED £1,500.

Around 145,000 mains gas customers in Northern Ireland will see prices increase by an average £39/year from 1 April, as SSE Airtricity hikes prices by 7.8%.