2020

The 'tampon tax' is set to be abolished in Wednesday's Budget – with a zero rate of VAT applying to sanitary products from 2021.

Coffee giant Starbucks has said it will temporarily stop filling customers' reusable cups in a bid to combat the spread of coronavirus – but it will still honour its 25p discount for customers who bring one along.

Virgin Media has apologised after a database containing personal details of 900,000 customers was accessed without permission due to being "incorrectly configured".

Boots customers have been left unable to use Advantage Card points to pay for their shopping, after a cyber attack on almost 150,000 customers' accounts.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that workers who are told to self-isolate to prevent the spread of coronavirus will soon qualify for statutory sick pay from the first day they take off, not the fourth.

The NHS prescription charge in England is set to increase by 15p to £9.15 from April.

Challenger bank Monzo has taken the crown in our latest banking customer service poll – knocking First Direct off the top spot for only the second time ever. 

Up to 620,000 Tesco Clubcard accounts may have been subject to fraudulent activity, the supermarket has said.

Some customers of credit history-building tool Loqbox have had personal and financial data compromised after the firm was hit by a "sophisticated and complex" cyber attack.

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen, has responded unsolicited to news that MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis is funding academic research to try to find solutions to release 250,000 mortgage prisoners.