Stealth price rises you missed last year as four common subscriptions added £84 to your bills in 2024

Stealth price rises you missed last year as four common subscriptions added £84 to your bills in 2024

SUBSCRIPTION costs crept up last year – and you might not have noticed that you’re paying an extra £84 on bills. It’s a new year, which means this is the perfect time to take stock of what you’re spending each month. 4 Disney+ is more expensive than before – but you still might want to … Read more

Millions on pre-payment meters could claim ’emergency top-ups’ to switch on heating bills as temperatures plummet

Millions on pre-payment meters could claim 'emergency top-ups' to switch on heating bills as temperatures plummet

MILLIONS of households with a prepayment meter can get help with their energy bills this weekend if they are struggling during the cold snap. Energy bills rose for four million households with a prepayment meter this week. 1 Households on prepayment meters can get emergency cash to top upCredit:… Millions on pre-payment meters could claim … Read more

How a Scots charity is using the sun to save lives across the world

How a Scots charity is using the sun to save lives across the world

THE operating theatre is already tense and the surgery is at a crucial  point when the unthinkable happens — the power cuts out. The stress is ratcheted up to the max as the under-pressure medical team are plunged into total darkness. 10 Dr Kinyua Ndegwa watches the new solar… How a Scots charity is using the sun to save lives across the world …C0NTINUE READING >>>>

Don’t get left out in the cold during this weekend’s big freeze – here’s 8 ways to keep the heat on AND cut your bills

Don't get left out in the cold during this weekend's big freeze - here's 8 ways to keep the heat on AND cut your bills

WE have begun the year in the grip of bone-chilling Arctic blasts. It could not have come at a worse time for the nearly ten million UK pensioners whose Winter Fuel Payments have just been axed. 4 Help beat the cold and pressures of higher fuel chargesCredit: Getty It also coincides with a rise in… … Read more

Cheap and free ways to borrow money if you’re struggling

Cheap and free ways to borrow money if you're struggling

CHRISTMAS can be a difficult time of year for many families with all the extra expenses. Between the rising price of energy and higher mortgage rates, coupled with the ever-growing cost of Christmas Day itself, it’s no surprise that many of us are feeling the pinch. 2 The festive season can be an… Cheap and … Read more

Brits rushing to bag essential winter item to keep them warm without using heating – and it’s only £4

Brits rushing to bag essential winter item to keep them warm without using heating - and it's only £4

SHOPPERS are rushing to buy a cosy £4 winter warm to help them stay toasty without heating this month. The amazing offer was discovered by an online group of savvy discount-hunters. 3 Shoppers have rushed to buy this cosy blanket from TemuCredit: Temu 3 It’s on sale for just £4Credit: Temu The team… Brits rushing … Read more

Families set for double energy price cap blow — despite Starmer’s vow to make them better off

Families set for double energy price cap blow — despite Starmer’s vow to make them better off

FAMILIES are set for a double energy price cap blow this year — despite Sir Keir Starmer’s vow to make them better off. Households face a further rise in April — on top of today’s one per cent increase, which is taking the typical bill from £1,717 to £1,738. 2 Struggling families are set… Families … Read more

Nine ways to get free cash for energy bills as snow set to hit the UK

Nine ways to get free cash for energy bills as snow set to hit the UK

WINDY and wet weather is gripping the UK and freezing temperatures are set to hit some parts of Britain. It means many of us will be putting the heating on more adding to worries around rising energy bills. 1 Pensioners are losing out on the winter fuel paymentCredit: Alamy But households should be… Nine ways to … Read more

I’m a money expert, here’s six things to do now to set up for financial success in 2025

I'm a money expert, here's six things to do now to set up for financial success in 2025

MANY people start the year in debt with credit cards maxed out over the festive season. But a money expert says taking control of your finances doesn’t have to be hard. 4 It’s easy to lose track of finances over the festive season 4 Tynah Matembe shares her tips In fact Tynah Matembe, who founded… … Read more

Exact date you must make vital energy bill change or risk being overcharged in the New Year

Exact date you must make vital energy bill change or risk being overcharged in the New Year

MILLIONS of energy customers have just days left to take action and avoid being overcharged in the New Year. On January 1, Ofgem’s price cap will increase from £1,717 to £1,738 a year, affecting 26 million households on their supplier’s standard variable tariff. 1 We’ve explained how and why you… Exact date you must make vital … Read more