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FCA plans to allow lenders longer to respond to car finance complaints

The City regulator plans to intervene in the car loan mis-selling scandal, in a move that could give lenders up to a year to respond to the rising number...

UK energy suppliers to spend £500m to cushion pain of rising bills

Energy suppliers will spend £500m helping customers with their energy bills this winter, after the government helped broker...

E.ON must pay £14.5m to prepayment customers after billing failures

The energy regulator has ordered power supplier E.ON Next to pay £14.5m in compensation to nearly 250,000 prepayment...

Santander puts aside £295m for car loan mis-selling

Santander UK has put aside £295m to cover potential payouts to car loan customers, as the bank issued...

Jekyll and Hyde managers: why they’re worse than consistently horrible bosses

Name: Jekyll and Hyde managers. Age: Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, as you’ll know of course, was published in 1886....

More than 5,000 Woodford investors now suing Hargreaves Lansdown

More than 5,000 people who invested in Neil Woodford’s collapsed equity fund are suing Hargreaves Lansdown, claiming that the investment platform was still promoting...

More than 5,000 investors now suing Hargreaves Lansdown

More than 5,000 people who invested in Neil Woodford’s collapsed equity fund are suing Hargreaves Lansdown, claiming that the investment platform was still promoting...

Taxing times for wine lovers

Equilibriste Chenin Blanc, Loire, France 2023 (£8.99, Waitrose) I’m not sure if Rachel Reeves is a wine lover. And given the fuss she’s made...

UK pensions: how to save for retirement from A to Z

Auto-enrolmentSince 2012, employers have had to enrol eligible workers in a pension scheme. You can opt out if you want, but the idea is...

What will Rachel Reeves’s retirement scheme changes mean for pensions?

Rachel Reeves has announced plans to merge local government retirement schemes into eight Canada-style “megafunds” in what the Treasury claims will be part of...

Our flat’s rising ground rent is going to ruin our move

We found a buyer for our leasehold flat, but on the day of exchange their lender declined to offer a mortgage, despite having previously...