August 2022

If you claim disability benefits you should be sent a £150 one-off cost of living payment from today (20 September), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed. Here's all you need to know on whether you're eligible for the money.

Around 1.1 million people who claim tax credits will get their first £326 cost of living payment from today (2 September). Below we breakdown who's eligible and how you'll be paid, plus what to do if you don't receive your payment but think you should. 

From 1 September, shoppers using Laybuy's buy now, pay later (BNPL) services will have their repayment data shared with the UK's biggest credit reference agency, Experian. 

Amazon has made ditching your Prime subscription a bit easier by removing a step from the process and updating the wording on its site to make it clearer. Below, we explain what's changed and how to cancel if you want to.

Iceland has secured a further £1 million in funding to provide another 40,000 £30 food vouchers to certain pensioners struggling with the cost of living. The window to apply is already open and will close on Friday 16 September, so get in now if you can.

Energy bills will rise by about £1,600/year on average for 24 million households in October, as regulator Ofgem confirmed the largest ever hike to the energy price cap this morning. We've been warning for months this catastrophic rise was coming, and now we know how bad it'll be. Here's what you need to know – including what you'll pay under the new rates and whether it's worth fixing.

Customers who signed up to Chase and activated their 1% cashback offer before 1 March 2022 will now have up to five months longer to earn rewards after the bank extended the end date. Here's what you need to know.

MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has called on the two remaining Conservative Party leadership candidates to take immediate action over spiralling energy costs on the day they enter Number 10 – otherwise the risk to people's mental and physical health will be "unthinkable". Martin's plea comes as energy regulator Ofgem today confirmed the energy price cap will rise by 80%.

Thousands of Shell Energy prepayment meter customers on standard variable tariffs will receive a refund of just under a tenner on average after being overcharged for the past three years. In total, 11,275 customers will receive a share of £136,970. 

Some 5,000 households in the UK who paid a doubled ground rent on their homes will get a refund after an investigation by the competition watchdog revealed “unfair” leasehold practices.