Tell us how you have been affected by the rise in UK housing rents?
The cost of housing rent in the UK has hit a 13-year high with the average tenant paying nearly £1,000 a month. According to Zoopla, rent has risen 8.3% in Read More
We’re being penalised for installing green heating
The government’s withdrawal of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (DRHI) at the end of March is going to penalise people like me whose projects have been delayed by Covid and Read More
‘I have sinned’: US nun to serve a year in jail for stealing $835,000 from school
A California nun will serve a year in prison for stealing $835,000 from an elementary school to support her gambling habit in an emotional case that left Los Angeles families Read More
Cold comfort for poor people is nothing new
By a strange coincidence, I, like Kerry Hudson (I lived through fuel poverty as a child. This is how it really feels, 7 February), lived in Aberdeen with a baby Read More
SSE forecasts profits of nearly £1bn as gas prices soar
SSE, the electricity generator and network company, has upgraded its profit forecasts to nearly £1bn for its latest financial year as soaring gas prices more than made up for disappointing Read More
My iPhone said ‘no’ to my £70 railcard and I can’t get a refund
I bought a three-year, £70 senior railcard from Trainline, but this has to be stored on my phone as an app, as there is now no paper option. But when Read More
Asda makes cheapest food pledge after pressure from Jack Monroe
The supermarket chain Asda has committed to making its cheapest food ranges more widely available, after the anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe raised concerns that low-income shoppers were facing price increases Read More
Energy price cap: your questions about the rise answered
We asked readers what they wanted to know about the energy cap price rise. Hilary Osborne, our money and consumer editor, has the answers. I’m on a fixed deal, will Read More