ASK TONY: BA offered £66 for £1,181 flights after my cancer diagnosis

 I booked a family holiday to Greece for myself, my husband and three children going out with British Airways and returning with easyJet. In late March I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and told I could not travel abroad in the summer as I would be undergoing chemotherapy. EasyJet was amazing, offering a voucher for … Read more

London police have been handing out most FPNs to drivers using phones

London police forces have been getting tough on drivers using their phones and other hand-held devices at the wheel, according to analysis of government data. Since 1 March 2017, motorists caught on their phones have been stung with increased penalties, with offenders receiving £200 fines and six points on their licence.  In the first 12 … Read more

Nationwide Building Society to pay back £6m to 320,000 customers

Nationwide will refund £6m to 320,000 customers as punishment for not warning they were about to be charged overdraft fees The Competition and Markets Authority said it had broken a rule 20 times Under the rule customers should be alerted before they are charged for unarranged borrowing – but Nationwide did not tell 320,000 customers  … Read more

Is the tenant fees ban really pushing up rents?

Letting agents have claimed that recent legislation banning them from charging renters upfront fees has resulted in a swathe of landlords hiking rents.  In a report issued this week letting agent trade body ARLA Propertymark said the number of agents reporting they had seen rents rise hit the highest figure on record in June, up … Read more