The water industry regulator has spent £26.7m on business consultants in the past five years, including several companies that have simultaneously worked for private water…
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New blow to British smart meter rollout as number of faulty machines leaps to 4m
Nearly 4m energy smart meters in homes and businesses are faulty, government figures have shown, in a further blow to the “troubled” rollout of the…
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Thousands of women, potentially hundreds of thousands, are owed compensation because of government failings related to the way changes to the state pension age were…
View More Thousands of UK women owed pension payout after ombudsman’s Waspi rulingCar finance mis-selling is not the next PPI scandal, says UK watchdog
The City watchdog has said potential mis-selling in the car finance industry is unlikely to mirror the lengthy PPI scandal, which led to banks paying…
View More Car finance mis-selling is not the next PPI scandal, says UK watchdogUK’s credit unions face uncertain future amid cost of living crisis
When 27-year-old Basil Lewis left the picturesque parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, famed for its spa, to start a new life in London in 1954, he…
View More UK’s credit unions face uncertain future amid cost of living crisisFake reviews and hidden online charges to be banned under new rules
Fake reviews and unavoidable hidden online charges – which cost consumers £2.2bn a year – are to be banned under new laws to force businesses…
View More Fake reviews and hidden online charges to be banned under new rulesDanone to cut 7% off wholesale price of powdered Aptamil baby formula
The baby milk seller Danone has agreed to cut the wholesale price of its Aptamil infant powdered formula by 7% from Monday after the UK’s…
View More Danone to cut 7% off wholesale price of powdered Aptamil baby formula‘Forever chemical’ in English tap water samples carcinogenic, WHO rules
A substance found in hundreds of drinking water samples across England has been categorised as carcinogenic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The move will…
View More ‘Forever chemical’ in English tap water samples carcinogenic, WHO rulesIceland boss hits out at parent ‘exploitation’ in baby milk market
The boss of Iceland has hit out at “exploitation” of new parents and joined calls for a price cap on baby formula after the competition…
View More Iceland boss hits out at parent ‘exploitation’ in baby milk market‘They thought I had cancer’: painkiller banned in UK linked to Britons’ deaths in Spain
A patients group representing several British victims has launched legal action against the Spanish government over claims it failed to safeguard people against the potentially…
View More ‘They thought I had cancer’: painkiller banned in UK linked to Britons’ deaths in Spain