Millions will receive £324 cost-of-living payment in November
Those on means-tested benefits will get the money between 8 and 23 November, the government says.
What happens when all the banks leave town?
Could a new “banking hub” solve the problems caused by the departure of five banks from Brechin?
Can electrical stimulation improve your gym workout?
Whole-body EMS suits are the new big thing in fitness, but do they work?
Train strike: Worst rail disruption of year as workers walk out
Large parts of Britain are without train services as rail workers in four unions go out on strike.
Liz Truss admits disruption after tax cut pledges
The prime minister acknowledges her economic plans will “involve disruption in the short term”.
Your energy bill explained
BBC Breakfast’s Hannah Miller explains how to understand your energy bill.
Energy price cap: Three things to do as bills go up
Millions are seeing their energy bills go up, but there are ways to help ease the mounting costs.
Cost of living: Energy bills rise but help cushions blow
A two-year government-set cap means price rises taking effect on Saturday are lower than expected.
The inside story of the pound’s plunge and soaring mortgage costs
A currency trader, a mortgage broker and a firm tell us how the economic turmoil affected them.
UK not in recession, new figures suggest
The economy grew in the second quarter of this year, but it remains smaller than pre-Covid levels.
