Energy bills will be capped at £2,500 a year for a typical household from 1 October for the next two winters, the Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced. A £400 energy rebate will also continue to be paid as planned from October, while those who’ve fixed will have the option to drop down onto the...

All reception year schoolchildren in Wales will start receiving free meals from September this year, with pupils in year one and year two to get free meals by April 2023, the Welsh Government has announced. It’s expected that all 200,000 primary school children in Wales will receive free school meals by 2024.

KFC has launched a new rewards scheme after scrapping its Colonel Club loyalty program in July. The ‘Rewards Arcade’ allows users to play a game and win awards after placing an order, but you aren’t guaranteed a prize every time.

Boots has launched an ‘Everyday’ range aimed at providing essentials to those on a budget. Items available include toothpaste, shampoo and sanitary products for less than £1.50 each. However, you should still compare prices elsewhere as it’s not always cheapest. Here’s what you need to know.

The Scottish government has frozen rent and rail fares from today to help support people with the cost of living crisis. Here’s what’s happening.

Another 14 ‘bank hubs’ are to open across the UK in a bid to help boost people’s access to cash as bank branches continue to disappear from the high street. Here’s where they’re set to open.

Amazon has brought forward the date from which its Classic and Platinum Mastercards will stop working. Users had previously been told they had until January 2023 to continue using the cards before they were axed. But for some, this deadline has been moved to October, and for others to November.

There’s less than one month left before paper £20 and £50 notes are withdrawn from circulation, so check your pockets and down the back of your sofa now.

The fare for single bus journeys in England will be capped at £2 between 1 January and 31 March next year in an effort to help tackle the cost of living crisis. The cap will only apply to single journeys but the Department for Transport (DfT) said the move could save passengers an average of...

Ovo Energy has announced a new support package for its customers, which will kick in this winter. Crucially, it plans to introduce a payment holiday for prepayment customers in debt from 1 October. Other measures include increasing the amount of emergency credit prepaid users can get, offering free energy saving products and boiler services, plus...