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Price rises are inescapable and painful, as inflation has hit a 30-year high of 5.4 per cent. Yet small tweaks to how we manage our money can help combat inflation. 1. Sort out household bills  Some rising bills are inescapable, including energy, council tax and petrol, but not all are.  If you have not checked … Read more

When Richard Ansell received notification two weeks ago of his new car insurance premium for the year ahead, he was shocked – a 15 per cent increase despite a nine-year no-claims record.  Although he had set up his long-standing policy with LV General Insurance to renew automatically – and the insurer categorically told him the … Read more

Experts at Uswitch.com have provided a handy lowdown detailing how meter readings work and how to deal with them to ensure your bills remain accurate. If you are on a standard meter and do not send meter readings to your supplier, you’ll most likely end up with an estimated bill, which could mean you end … Read more

Britain is watching yet another crisis unfolding at the moment and this time it’s on energy bills. That may sound a tad hyperbolic but there is a very strong chance that the energy price cap – the only thing keeping a lid on household energy costs – will rocket 50 per cent in April. Analysts … Read more

CHILDCARE costs have reached crisis point. Parents say they are being forced to sacrifice their careers, while underfunded pre-schools are closing at record rates. Yet Money Mail can today reveal that parents are missing out on nearly £3 billion in vital childcare support every year. The tax-free childcare scheme tops up 20p to every 80p … Read more

As households brace for a huge rise in energy bills, many will be counting on their supplier to give them some breathing space. But Money Mail has found that, instead, power firms are unleashing debt collectors over bills which have often been issued in error. Customers of one firm have had unexpected demands after the … Read more

The expected energy price cap rise in April could raise the number of fuel poor households by 525,000, new estimates have revealed. The number of homes with at least one dependent child, that struggle to meet rising energy bills, is likely to rise from around 1.58million to 2.1million in April, according to charity National Energy … Read more

Some households have been waiting months for their outstanding credit balances to be moved from their collapsed energy supplier to their new provider. The regulator has confirmed there is currently no timeframe in place for the millions of customers that have moved from a collapsed supplier to an existing provider to receive their credit. This … Read more

Nearly 11million homes who changed broadband providers during the pandemic could face being switched onto a more expensive ‘default’ service when their initial contract period comes to an end, new research reveals. Some 41 per cent of households switched broadband provider in the last two years with 29 per cent doing so due to working … Read more

Households who have made a claim on home insurance once in the last five years pay on average 57 per cent more than those who haven’t, new research has revealed.  While it is typically cheaper to insure a home than a car, a Which? investigation found the cost of claiming on home insurance can be … Read more