Savings

Tenants facing soaring rents are resorting to drastic measures such as using payday loans and dipping into their children's savings just to hang on to their homes, a charity warned today.

First Direct has widened the availability of its highly-rated current account to include those on lower incomes.

Britain's biggest building society is urging the Government to use next month's Budget to double the amount hard-pressed savers can place into cash Isas.

60,000 savers face higher charges after a child trust fund (CTF) manager announced a new annual fee.

The Post Office has delayed some savings rate cuts , after we revealed it failed to tell customers until after they were implemented.

The Post Office has cut savings rates, but only bothered to write to many of its customers after the drop.

Nearly 100,000 savers will soon receive the unusually cheery news that their rate will rise.

The retail prices index (RPI), a key measure of inflation linked to retirement income and a raft of other investments and services, should remain unchanged, the UK's top statistician said today.

Cutting back didn't dent the Christmas spirit, with those who spent less having a better time than those who spent more, according to a MoneySavingExpert.com poll.

Over a million families will lose, or have their child benefit entitlement reduced next Monday. What's more, many who aren't eligible for the benefit may be wrongly paid it, and will have to repay the cash at a later date unless they opt out before 7 January.