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Goodbye Car has found that working an office job for a day is the equivalent of travelling 31 miles by car in terms of carbon emissions.Goodbye Car, which helps motorists sell their cars online,...

New rules coming into force will see products such as TVs, fridges, and washing machines become easier to repair.Manufacturers will now be legally required to make sure that professional repairers...

The number of complaints filed with the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) spiked over the last 12 months, suggesting that banks and other financial providers are failing consumers battered by the...

The City regulator has called upon financial firms to do more to support millions of vulnerable Britons.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says as many as 27.7 million people can now be classed as...

The competition watchdog has introduced rules requiring funeral providers to disclose prices clearly and upfront, to protect the bereaved from price gouging.The Competition and Market Authority’s...

MILLIONS of kids are terrified that coronavirus will stop Santa visiting their home to deliver presents and ruin Christmas.An astonishing four in ten parents of children under 10 say they have had to...

GROUNDED Brits unable to fly off on holiday this summer have reduced their carbon footprint by an astonishing half a ton...the equivalent of a trip to Greenland for everyone. A new study shows the...

Consumers will soon be able to freeze loan and credit card payments for up to three months, as part of new emergency measures announced the financial regulator in response to the coronavirus pandemic....

The number of homes being purchased through the Help to Buy scheme is increasing ahead of changes being introduced next year. According to the latest figures, there were 52,703 properties bought...

A record number of Londoners are fleeing the increasingly expensive capital to live in the north of the country, according to a report. Recent data from estate agent Hamptons International has...