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There’s no need for stairs at any of these five properties, from Devon to Yorkshire Continue reading... […]

I’ve built up 10 years’ discount on one car but can’t use it for a second vehicleI bought a second car and found an insurance quote. I sent a copy of the insurance certificate for […]

Customers of NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank were unable to access their accounts online for hours. […]

Royal Bank of Scotland apologised for outages that hit its online and mobile banking services, the latest in a string of such failings at British banks which have drawn criticism from customers and […]

Bank apologises for technical error blocking online and mobile account holders from logging inRoyal Bank of Scotland, NatWest and Ulster Bank customers were locked out of online and mobile accounts […]

Support in Britain for increased levels of tax to fund more public spending has hit a 15-year high, according to a survey published on Friday, after nearly a decade of government efforts to cut its […]

As long as Britain’s trains and infrastructure are run as separate entities, the chaos will continue Imagine going into a restaurant, sitting down and giving your order to the waiter. The order […]

Bank follows TSB in facing difficulties but normal service resumes after a few hoursMillions of Barclays customers were unable to access their accounts online for several hours after the bank became […]

Computer problems had hit the bank as customers complained of being unable to access their accounts. […]

Studio would still require £20,000 deposit and mortgage of three times average salaryLondon has only one home listed for sale at £100,000 or less, as the capital’s housing crisis […]

Former BA boss to chair expert examination of system after timetabling fiascoThe government is to commission a “sweeping” review of the British rail system in the wake of an error-strewn […]

Tesco’s discount store sees feverish trade on opening day, but will the buzz keep shoppers away from Lidl and Aldi?Heavy rain and winds did not deter bargain-hungry shoppers on the opening day […]

National Leasehold Campaign says proposals to help homeowners buy or extend leases do not go far enough A proposal to allow homeowners to buy or extend their lease more cheaply has been described as […]

The restructuring of the chain’s home furnishings department seems to have ruined its customer serviceThe stairs in our new house were slippery so we ordered a carpet runner from John Lewis. […]

The Consumer Council for Water tells firms to improve customer service and reduce complaints. […]

Grocer lays down gauntlet to German rivals by promising to be ‘cheapest in town’Tesco has started a new front in its battle to win back shoppers from Aldi and Lidl with the launch of a […]

The new supermarket aims to have the cheapest prices and will offer far fewer products than Tesco. […]

British inflation jumped unexpectedly to a six-month high in August, pushed up by bigger-than-usual seasonal increases in sea and air fares and briefly sending sterling above $1.32 for the first time […]

Supermarket giant is wise not to bet the farm on its ‘rough copy of Aldi’ – the real battle will be making a profitJack’s, Tesco’s answer to Aldi and Lidl, would have […]

Property in the region climbed 5.6% in the past 12 months, while London prices fell 0.7%. […]

The UK inflation rate for August unexpectedly rises to 2.7%, the highest in six months. […]

Britain's government will invest 2 billion pounds to address an affordable housing shortage, Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Wednesday. […]

We ordered it in store before Sports Direct bought the chain out of administrationIn early July I ordered a £1,281 sofa from House of Fraser. It was due to be delivered on 20 August and I was […]

Deputy leader says crackdown on betting industry necessary to tackle addiction ‘epidemic’Labour would ban the use of credit cards to place bets, affecting billions of pounds of […]

UBS says Britons were second-least likely to buy into sustainable investments after AmericansOnly one in every five of the UK’s super-rich have even a tiny fraction of their assets held in […]

Digital currencies pose a "litany of risks" and investors have little protection, says an MPs' committee. […]

Citizens Advice says many consumers are still charged for smartphones even after they are paid off. […]

Luxury carmaker calls new Monza models the ‘closest driving experience to F1’Ferrari has announced a new open-top supercar it describes as “probably the closest and purest driving […]

We can’t use them because the name doesn’t match the passportLast year we bought £100 of Ryanair vouchers for my partner’s mother, who lives in Spain, to visit us in our new […]

Person-to-person payment apps are rising fast in popularity around the world, but are they safe? […]

Winning flexible working hours can bring a new set of major problems, a survey finds. […]

The store's new owners told customers to send in gift cards, but a month later they've heard nothing. […]

One in seven trains missed target of arriving within five minutes of scheduled timeThe punctuality of Britain’s trains has reached a 12-year low amid disruption caused by extreme weather and […]

We at the Social Metrics Commission call on policy-makers to use our findings to help alleviate poverty in BritainToday the Social Metrics Commission (SMC) is publishing its new measurement of […]

The Social Metrics Commission says assessments should include "inescapable" costs, as well as income. […]

British consumer spending grew over the three months to August at the fastest pace since January, chiming with other signs the economy has picked up some steam in mid-2018, a survey from payments […]