Budget

MoneySavingExpert.com has launched a new monthly Bills Tracker which uses official data to show how a typical household's bills and expenses change each month – and the first figures show average costs increased by 2.1% in the 12 months to July 2017.

Car hire companies have been ordered to treat customers more fairly after the European Union found complaints about rental firms have doubled in recent years.

Holidaymakers who have paid to rent a car via the agency Atlas Choice are reporting that bookings have been unexpectedly cancelled, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal – with a number of customers reportedly left car-less and stranded at foreign airports.

Millions of households and motorists will see a steep rise in the cost of new insurance policies taken out or renewed from now on, after Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) was hiked from 6% to 9.5% at the start of the month.

People in England and Wales with low levels of debt will now be able to avoid bankruptcy, which can have a serious impact on future finances, as the Government has increased the minimum level of debt that can force people into this last resort option to £5,000 from £750.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced proposals to cap the charges claims management companies (CMCs) can apply to customers.

Sweeping changes could be on the way to how we save for a pension, the Chancellor announced today.

Chancellor George Osborne has outlined a new national minimum wage for over 25s, dubbed the 'national living wage', which while higher than the current minimum wage is not all it's cracked up to be.

The tax on beer will fall by 1p and the duty on cider and spirits will be cut by 2% from 23 March, but smokers will be hit by higher prices from tonight, the Chancellor George Osborne has today announced.

Parents may be able to leave homes worth up to £1 million to their children without paying inheritance tax, according to leaked Treasury papers.