Insurers must clean up their act after it emerged they have been breaking rules by undervaluing customers’ cars when vehicles are written off, the City […]
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‘They could just evict us’: the tenants hit by huge hikes in UK rents
£8,000 a year; £300 a month; 60%. These are just some of the rent rises demanded from private tenants as winter approaches. The alternative can […]
Read moreSoaring rents making life ‘unaffordable’ for private UK tenants, research shows
Soaring rents have in effect made life unaffordable for private tenants across swathes of the UK, according to research undertaken for the Guardian. The analysis […]
Read moreMy hands are frozen as I type – we are existing, not living
My heart goes out to Sharron Spice (I work 50 hours a week and I’m still in arrears on my council tax. What more can […]
Read moreGwynedd raises council tax premium on second homes to 150%
Second-home owners in north Wales will have to pay a 150% council tax premium to tackle the area’s spiralling and “immoral” homelessness crisis. Councillors in […]
Read moreAre big banks short-changing consumers by failing to reduce mortgage costs?
Big high street banks stand accused of failing to pass on to customers the recent movements in the money markets that should have improved mortgage […]
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