Family & Health

George Osborne has pledged to save families up to £470 a year by boosting competition and cutting red tape in areas such as banking, utilities and mobile phones.

The national minimum wage for adults increases by 20p an hour from today – the biggest real-term increase since 2007 according to the Government.

Sixth-formers will be offered practical maths courses that teach skills including working out interest, currency rates and profit margins from this week. It is however up to individual schools and colleges to decide to provide the course.

Self-employed parents and those with more than one child who've been waiting for the Government's new Tax-Free Childcare scheme to launch this autumn will now have to wait till 2017, following a Supreme Court judgment today.

HM Revenue and Customs is setting £45 million aside to improve customer service after figures show that 7.2 million phone calls made to it in the last year went through to a 'busy' tone instead of the caller being able to speak to someone.

If you're voting today but don't have a poll card, fear not, you can vote without it. But beware - taking a 'selfie' while you vote could break the law.