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 ...

Britain's biggest retailers have written to finance minister Rachel Reeves to warn her that last month's budget will make both higher prices and job losses a certainty and dent investment.

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

There isn't a huge difference in monthly repayments between the two, but trying to get a sense of what will happen to ...

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

Doubts are mounting over the Labour government’s flagship growth and investment agenda, with one analyst warning further tax ...

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 ...

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 ...