Finance

The Bank of England should be on the guard against the potential inflationary impact of Labour’s inflation-busting public sector pay deals, according to economists.

Prince Harry’s legal fight against the Home Office’s decision to downgrade his police protection in the UK has cost the government more than £600,000 to date.

You might be looking forward to your children returning to school this month, but chances are your bank balance is not.

Energy bills will go up by 10% in October, meaning 28.4million households will be paying about £149 more a year.

UK oil and gas companies have voiced serious concerns over government proposals to increase windfall taxes and remove investment incentives.

In April, child benefit claims rose by 16% following a government decision to increase the income thresholds for eligibility. The changes, announced in the March Budget, allow more parents to claim benefits and have reminded others to apply.

US fast-food firm to open more than 200 restaurants as part of £1bn plan that will focus on high street locations

Fourteen charities say the government has a ‘huge opportunity’ to support people living in poverty with their water costs.

The first £1 coins featuring King Charles III are entering circulation this week.

The Tax Justice Network said trillions could be raised with a ‘featherlight’ tax on the 0.5% of richest households, copying a current Spanish tax

Starling’s fraud team repeatedly refused to allow UK man to send £12,800 to friend in Austria, then froze account

Carpetright owed almost £350m when it collapsed into administration with the loss of more than 1,500 jobs before being rescued, it has been revealed.

Rachel Reeves says there is more to do in supporting people into employment and she will take action in budget

Annual rate in July climbs back above Bank of England target of 2%, ONS figures show

Charity Independent Age has warned a shake-up of winter fuel payments could be dangerous as new data suggests hundreds of thousands who are entitled to it could miss out

Tomato and pepper growers call for UK to strike deal with EU to avoid disruption and duplicate testing

Minister James Murray says decision aimed at protecting jobs and investment after concerns raised by industry

Poll findings prompt calls for ministers to impose sugar tax-style levy on companies to combat obesity

Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb has been contacted by four people who had not been awarded any inherited state pension when they retired when they should have been

New category of widows and widowers on receiving end of DWP errors, says former minister

Both bank and landlord cases rise but remain below pre-Covid levels, despite tough cycle of interest rate rises

More than 95% of investors urged commodities firm to keep highly profitable fossil fuel arm to help maximise shareholder cash

The new figures from My Pension Expert highlight how savers still face ’significant delays’ when trying to move their money, with an improvement of just one day compared to the previous year