The government has started issuing £25 cold weather payments to eligible households - as the UK is hit with a cold snap. Read this and the rest of today's consumer and personal finance news below.

After reaching its near-term trough in September, UK CPI is expected to increase in October, largely driven by utilities ...

The Bank of England will keep Bank Rate on hold in December as global inflation worries resurface, according to a Reuters ...

If the UK and other nations retaliate, a trade war could dampen growth and drive inflation higher. Disrupted global supply ...

UK inflation is expected to have surged above the Bank of England's two per cent target in October, bolstering a cautious ...

Brazil analysts raised their estimates for the benchmark interest rate and inflation at the end of next year after central ...

UK inflation probably surged back above the Bank of England’s target in October, reinforcing the case for policymakers to act ...

Britain’s economy neared stagnation in the third quarter of the year, official figures show, in a blow to Sir Keir Starmer’s ...

The economy of the European Union is headed for only modest growth in coming months as consumers regain some of the ...

British inflation peaked above 11% two years ago after the outbreak of the Ukraine war, the highest among the world's big ...

The state pension is set to reach £12,592 by 2027, meaning it will exceed the tax-free personal allowance. We look at the ...