June 2021

Apple TV+ customers who've benefitted from a free subscription for more than a year will have to pay £4.99/mth to use the service from July - and you'll be automatically opted into the paid-for subscription, although you can cancel penalty-free at any point.  

Barclays is compensating thousands of Blue Rewards loyalty customers after discovering some had been underpaid monthly cashback perks, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal. The issue dates back to the launch of the scheme in 2015 with some receiving payments of £100+, although Barclays says the average payout is under £20.  

Holidaymakers returning to the UK from the Balearic Islands, Malta and Madeira plus a number of other destinations won't be required to quarantine from next Wednesday (30 June), after changes were announced to the travel 'green list'. But huge uncertainty remains over travel, with the Government warning many of the destinations it's adding to the green list could drop off it again, and some European countries talking of tightening their own entry requirements for British tourists.

29 Lloyds Bank branches and 15 Halifax branches are to close by the end of November, with the banks blaming the move on customers using them less. We've full info on which outlets are closing and what to do if your local branch is affected.

Premium Bond-holders will be able to continue getting paper prize cheques after NS&I bowed to complaints about plans to axe them.

Thousands of homeowners with Aviva and Persimmon leases are set to benefit following a crackdown on unfair terms by the Competition and Markets Authority - some will also be refunded certain costs. It follows concerns these leaseholders may have found themselves trapped in homes they've struggled to sell due to doubling ground rent clauses and unaffordable freehold prices.

A new plastic £50 note featuring the inventor and codebreaker Alan Turing has entered circulation today (23 June). It will replace the current paper design featuring entrepreneur Matthew Boulton and engineer James Watt, which you'll no longer be able to use from 30 September 2022.

Waitrose has shaken up its terms and conditions to prevent shoppers with a daily, weekly or weekend newspaper subscription from using their MyWaitrose card in the same transaction. It means shoppers can no longer stack the two schemes together to get a bigger discount on their shop. 

Pet owners have been warned to stop feeding certain dry food to their cats over fears it could be linked to a fatal disease. Certain Applaws, Pets at Home, Sainsbury’s and Wilko branded cat food made by Fold Hill Foods are affected by the precautionary recall but you can get a full refund from retailers. 

JPMorgan Chase has this week struck a deal to purchase UK digital investment platform Nutmeg. Both firms have confirmed there will be no change for Nutmeg customers for now, although they've promised a wider range of products and services in future.