If you’ve got a Ring doorbell ‘Protect Basic’ plan, you’ll see the cost of your subscription rise by 43% from Monday 11 March – whether you pay monthly or annually.
If you’re a Tesco Bank borrower or saver your credit cards, loans and savings will be run by Barclays in future as it’s buying these customers. However, the Tesco Bank brand will remain – and there’s NO change for new or existing customers right now.
If you’re a Shell Energy broadband and home phone customer, you’ll be automatically transferred to TalkTalk in the coming months, following the sale of Shell Energy’s UK business. But there are NO changes for now and you should keep paying your bills as normal.
Scottish students are to receive a £2,400 boost to help with their living costs from this September in the form of a new “special support” loan.
If you’re a BT, EE, Plusnet, TalkTalk, Three, Shell, Sky or Vodafone customer, you could be hit with price hikes of up to 7.9% this spring.
If you’ve got a Tesco Clubcard, check when your vouchers are due to expire as there’s one month left to spend or extend £18 million worth before they run out on Thursday 29 February.
Council tax bills are set to increase by 5% for millions of people in England from 1 April, as the Government has confirmed that this is the maximum rise most local authorities will be able to implement.
The majority of households in England, Scotland and Wales will see water bills rise from April. However, prices vary depending on where you live and not everyone will see an increase.
The Bank of England has held the base rate at 5.25% for the fourth time in a row today (Thursday 1 February). This rate is used by the central bank to charge other banks and lenders when they borrow money – and so it influences what borrowers pay and what savers earn.
If you’re an Easyjet passenger who was issued a voucher during the Covid-19 pandemic, you’ve just days left to use it before it expires by the end of Wednesday 31 January.
