Article Archives
2020
Published in December 2020
- Slow broadband: speed up your Wi-Fi and boost your signal
- Call waiting times: what to do if your energy supplier leaves you hanging
- UK broadband speeds: fastest and slowest streets revealed
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Subscription boxes: which ones offer good value for money?
by lilycanter
- How smart meters can save you money: charging through the night, free energy & agile pricing
- Delivery disaster: third of Brits have had delivery issues since March
Published in November 2020
- Avoid huge bills: how to find cheap boiler cover
- Financial advice: Brits won’t pay for advice and that’s a problem
- Home phones: millions paying for landline services they don’t use or want
- Opinion: Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco are cashing in on pandemic by upping delivery costs
- Life insurance and income protection: the spending that you SHOULDN'T cut
- Water bills: CMA backing suppliers on price controls means higher bills
Published in October 2020
- Self-assessments, furlough, mortgage payment holidays: what’s changing on 31 October
- The most and least reliable broadband, mobile and landline providers
- Water bill debt: support schemes and help if you’re struggling to pay your utility bills
- Opinion: we are all paying for the rise of the serial returner
- Tesco Clubcard Prices error: 'small number' of discounts not applied online
- Morrisons food boxes, Milk & More, Beelivery: tips to beat the supermarket panic
Published in September 2020
- Aldi launches Click & Collect trial: how does it compare to Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda?
- Professions with the longest working hours: do longer hours mean working harder?
- New joint loyalty scheme for John Lewis and Waitrose
- Energy networks: generous profit cap means higher energy bills
- Supermarket price war hots up as Morrisons cuts prices of 400 essentials
- Mobile phone bundle overpayments: scandal costing some hundreds per year
- Universal basic income: Finland trials show mental health boost and rise in employment
Published in August 2020
- Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Ocado Zoom, Beelivery: get same-day delivery on your groceries
- Self Employed Income Support Scheme reopens after thousands overpaid by HMRC
- Britain's best mobile network for signal and speed revealed
- Energy price cap to fall by up to £95 in October – but you should still switch
- Amazon Fresh home grocery delivery: does it offer good value for money?
Published in July 2020
- Rare old pound coins: which are the most valuable 'round pounds'?
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Zero waste shopping: is it more expensive?
by lilycanter
- Opinion: it’s not your duty to spend money to help businesses recover from pandemic
- Over 75s TV Licence fee: costs, easiest ways to pay and who is exempt
- Council services 'to be cut following risky commercial investments and Covid-19'
- HMRC blunders: refunds delayed & Tax Credit notices sent out incomplete
Published in June 2020
- Opinion: Government letting bailiffs loose on vulnerable at worst possible time
- Snoop review: the app that offers personalised money management tips
- Coronavirus: how two businesses helped those in need
- Insurers told to offer refunds to those not getting ‘value’ from policies
- From bills to grocery shopping: the money lessons I've learned in lockdown
Published in May 2020
- Coronavirus: how one woman changed careers in lockdown
- Opinion: let’s not lose sight of the few money positives to come from Coronavirus
- Coronavirus: new help on offer for insurance policyholders
- Coronavirus: how to get financial support during furlough leave
- Coronavirus lockdown money mistakes: transferring pensions, mortgage holidays and DIY disasters
- Self Employment Income Support Scheme: I can make a claim, but should I?
- How to adapt to a tighter budget and still enjoy life
Published in April 2020
- Coronavirus: broadband switching rising despite engineer visit difficulties
- Coronavirus: Admiral offers car insurance customers £25 refund
- Flights, fuel, houses, clothes: the prices that will rise and fall after lockdown ends
- Households owed £1.7 billion by energy firms – but bigger bills are on the way
- UK tax and benefit changes 2020-21: National Insurance, Inheritance Tax, State Pension and more
- Brompton Bikes, Deliveroo, gin distillers: businesses you can back to help the Coronavirus fight
- Energy bills, sports TV subscriptions, impulse buying: how we're wasting money during Coronavirus lockdown
- April price rises: Council Tax, car tax, prescriptions, TV licence and more
Published in March 2020
- Coronavirus money dos and don'ts: mortgage, benefits, bills, pensions, & more
- What Coronavirus means for your money: sick pay, travel insurance, mortgages and more
- Opinion: supermarkets must raise their game to help elderly shoppers
- Sky Sports customers: pause your subscription by phone or online
- Coronavirus: cheap and free entertainment, kids activities, ebooks, museums and more
- Can you save money by shopping in a zero waste store?
- Dodgy sellers 'misleading eBay shoppers through review system flaw'
- UK cities with the fastest mobile internet speeds
- Supermarket price war: Morrisons cuts prices of 500 ‘everyday’ items
- Mobile loyalty schemes and rewards: Tesco, O2, Vodafone, BT, Sky, EE and more
- Bank of England shocks with huge Base Rate cut
- Budget 2020: the key announcements affecting your money
- Tesco launches Aldi price match promise: will you save?
Published in February 2020
- Energy inequality: poorer households pay more for their gas and electricity
- Opinion: why less access to cash should worry us all
- Cheap UK streaming services: NOW TV, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+ and more
- Three and O2 reveal price rises for pay-monthly mobile phone customers
- Opinion: it’s vital we start talking about pay
- Unauthorised absence school fines: councils earning six figures from increased fixed penalty notices
- Green energy tariffs: Ofgem admits customers being 'misled'
- Delivered recipe boxes: what's on offer and could meal kits save you money?
- From Statutory Sick Pay to Contractual Sick Pay: the sick pay safety net is developing more holes
Published in January 2020
- How contactless payments work: guide to spending on cards, mobiles and wearables
- From energy providers to current accounts: why not everyone trusts challenger brands
- Ovo Energy overcharges customers, told to repay millions
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Care homes abroad: your options and the cost in Spain, Portugal, France and Australia
by Sarah Coles
- Beware of scammers claiming to work at BT
- UK offers ‘poor’ value for money on broadband ‒ how to save money on your next deal
- Financial calendar: best time to buy a home, get married and more
- National Insurance: HMRC to review approach to 'missing years' of contributions
- Opinion: Government gambling ban doesn’t go far enough
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How to pay for the cost of care
by Sarah Coles
- Cheap vegan supermarket deals: top offers at Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose & more
- Cheap ethical clothing, food and household goods: can you do good on a budget?
- Broadband switching: why getting that cheap new deal is about to get easier
- Stealth taxes could leave you worse off: what you can do about it