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The Hebridean islands already face higher living costs, and locals are braced for the worst.

Rises in standing charges on electricity bills will vary significantly according to where people live.

The electric car revolution is speeding up but what do buyers really want to know?

The Spring Statement cut some taxes but, overall, the government has raised taxes in the past year.

Safe Hands, which has 45,000 customers in the UK, sold funeral plans that may no longer be honoured.

Boris Johnson hints at more help for hard-pressed families amid a backlash against Rishi Sunak's mini-Budget.

Ed Kendall qualified as a social worker in 2019 and has started a role focusing on safeguarding.

The chancellor blunts the National Insurance rise, but Labour says it is not enough to help cost of living.

The cut will come into force at 6pm on Wednesday as drivers struggle with record fuel prices.

Action Fraud warns of fake emails asking for donations to victims of the war.

Inflation hit 6.2% in February, laying bare the challenge the chancellor faces ahead of his Spring Statement.

The regulator says insurers face challenging questions, but firms say ethnicity never affects prices.

Charities estimate 2.1 million people with disabilities will be in fuel poverty if bills hit £3,000 a year.

The Ukraine war and rising living prices means Rishi Sunak faces pressure to take fresh action to help.

One debt charity is calling on Rishi Sunak to increase benefits in line with the rising cost of living.

Illegal lenders in England are preying on the most vulnerable in society, says a report.

Paper £20 and £50 notes cannot be used after September this year but can still be exchanged.

Millions of people may have to spend less on food and clothing to afford higher bills, an energy boss says.

Fraudsters are masquerading as victims of the war in Ukraine to trick people into sending money.

Bank of England increases rates for the third time in four months as the cost of living rises.