What is NI and how is it changing?
The amount of National Insurance (NI) paid by employers is going up on 6 April. The main rates of income tax and NI paid by working people are not increasing.…
Warning bill rises hit single parents hardest
A series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest hit. Water bills, energy prices and council tax…
Warning bill rises hit single parents hardest
A series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest hit. Water bills, energy prices and council tax…
Why are bills going up? Your questions answered
A range of household bills, including council tax, water, gas and electricity have risen today. The BBC’s cost of living correspondent, Kevin Peachey, has been answering your most asked questions…
Why are bills going up? Your questions answered
A range of household bills, including council tax, water, gas and electricity have risen today. The BBC’s cost of living correspondent, Kevin Peachey, has been answering your most asked questions…
Car firms fined for withholding recycling information
Ten carmakers and two industry groups have been fined a combined total of nearly £78m for withholding information about vehicle recycling. BMW, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi, Nissan,…
Trump is pressing the nuclear option on tariffs
Every time Donald Trump has mentioned his plan to levy massive tariffs on imports into the US, there has been a widespread assumption that they will be delayed, watered down…
Could electric drones you can sit in take off?
Imagine an electric drone mixed with a fixed wing plane – that is the concept behind a new two-seater aircraft being developed by start-up company, Skyfly. The Axe promises the…
Thames Water picks private equity firm as preferred buyer
Thames Water has picked US private equity giant KKR as its “preferred partner” to buy the troubled water utility firm. The planned investment by KKR would help it deal with…