2015

Update: 14 April 2015: EE has today told us the power bars will be available from Thursday 16 April. At the time of writing it had yet to release the launch date.

Life insurance holders with policies taken out before March 1984 may find their premiums increase or the linked benefits they get reduce from 6 April, as the Government's stopping a long-standing subsidy it pays to providers.

Affinion customers flogged worthless card protection are one step closer to getting their money back as the High Court of Justice has this week given approval for a creditors meeting on setting up a redress scheme to go ahead in June.

Around 47,000 E.on customers have received or will soon be paid a refund, while charity Citizens Advice will get £7.75 million, after Ofgem found the provider overcharged customers. 

Home buyers in Scotland will pay new tax rates when buying a property from today, which will see 50% of buyers pay nothing at all, according to the Scottish Government.

New rules to protect savers, which include increasing the amount you can reclaim when a bank fails from £85,000 to £1million in certain circumstances, have been confirmed by the Bank of England today.

The tax passengers pay on long-haul flights, such as London to Bangkok and Sydney, has fallen today, although those on medium-length journeys, for example London to New York, will now pay more.

Small energy supplier Ovo has today launched an app, which enables its prepay customers to top up their energy without leaving their homes.