Government

New rights to share parental leave with a new-born baby's father will help stop women feeling they have to choose between having a career or a baby, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says.

The big six energy firms are being urged by the Government to hold prices until the middle of 2015, it's been reported.

MoneySavingExpert.com's Martin Lewis is joining financial education charity Pfeg to launch a new campaign to get schoolchildren talking about money.

George Osborne has announced the Government will cap the costs of controversial payday loans – but full details of how it will work haven't yet been set out.

Nearly £900 million of student loans taken out during the 1990s have been sold off by the Government.

Energy prices have risen eight times faster than average earnings over the last three years, Citizens Advice says.

Co-operative Energy is reducing its price hike from 4.5% to 2.5% in response to expectations the Government will reduce green taxes on energy bills.

Energy, mobile phone, credit card and current account providers may be forced to give customers the information they hold on them in future, so consumers can use the details to make better decisions about cutting costs and managing money.

Most people on benefits who are out of work feel ill-prepared for the switch to universal credit, according to new research from Citizens Advice.

MoneySavingExpert.com creator Martin Lewis has criticised payday lenders in a meeting with MPs, saying: "I think we'd all be a lot better off without them."