Covid tests: travellers from England and Scotland face new rules
International travel will receive its biggest boost in two years when the government scraps the need to be Covid tested before and after you arrive back home in England or Read More
UK travellers: could the new Brexit rules catch you out?
A couple heading off on holiday to Madeira were refused permission to board their plane on the grounds that the woman’s passport was not valid – even though it had Read More
From milk to crisps: why the price of basic food items is rising
Households in the UK are facing a cost of living crisis as the price of essential items goes up and a cut in take-home pay looms in the shape of Read More
Parents of adults taxed by HMRC as if still getting child benefit
Parents of adult children who sit down to do their tax return this weekend should check if they are due a refund. One Guardian reader has just discovered HM Revenue Read More
Universal credit claimants turn to crowdfunding to meet living costs
Faced with cuts to her universal credit and crippling bills, in September last year Amy Cook, 27, decided to do something she had never done before to help her family: Read More
Boris Johnson ‘fully committed’ to national insurance rise
Downing Street has insisted Boris Johnson is “fully committed” to introducing a national insurance rise in the spring, despite reports he is “wobbling” on the issue. The manifesto-breaking rise of Read More
Will road pricing answer the UK’s net-zero car-tax conundrum?
Road pricing may promise a fairer, sustainable way to make polluting drivers pay, ease congestion and fund better transport, but few politicians in power have ever wanted to take the Read More
Buy now, pay later schemes are catching the eye of consumers, and of federal regulators
It is a shopper’s dream. A $250 coat can be bought for $50, hundreds of dollars of makeup can be sent to your door for just $20. The catch: you Read More