Regulators

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...

FCA plans to allow lenders longer to respond to complaints over car loan mis-selling

The City regulator plans to intervene in the growing car loan mis-selling scandal in a move that could...

Captain Tom Foundation inquiry: three key failings

The Charity Commission’s report on the Captain Tom Foundation is highly critical of the conduct and actions of...

Ireland orders X, TikTok and Instagram to curb terrorist content

Elon Musk’s X, TikTok and Meta’s Instagram have been ordered by Irish media regulators to take “necessary measures”...

Thames Water should explain its murky logic on fundraising

Congratulations to Thames Water: it is not going bust early in the new year. Probably. The necessary three-quarters...

UK’s financial ombudsman ‘misleads consumers it is supposed to help’

People who go to one of the UK’s main customer complaints bodies for help are being “misled” about their chances of success because it...

Consumers win UK car finance case that could lead to billions in compensation

Consumers have won a landmark car finance mis-selling case that could pave the way for companies to be forced to pay billions of pounds...

UK watchdog formally investigates Carlsberg’s £3.3bn takeover of Britvic

The UK’s competition watchdog has launched a formal investigation into the £3.3bn takeover of the UK soft drinks maker Britvic by the Danish brewer...

New Water Commission must create an environmental enforcer that is feared

An independent commission into the English and Welsh water sector would have been an excellent idea about 20 years ago. It is hard to...

Starmer calls it slashing ‘red tape’. In fact, he’s just capitulating to big business | Nicholas Shaxson

There is a profound yet simple question about investment in our economy that all politicians should be forced to face: who benefits? At this...

UK advertising watchdog cracks down on misleading broadband price ads

The UK advertising watchdog has cracked down on marketing campaigns by telecoms companies including BT, EE, Virgin Media and O2 for misleading consumers about...