The country is back in lockdown and Covid-19 cases are at an all-time high. With a new variant rapidly spreading, once again, we have all been asked to stay at home. It is unthinkable that renters could be forced out of their homes, but the government has not yet protected renters from eviction. From Monday,…
About 4,000 City firms are at a heightened risk of failure due to the Covid crisis, and nearly a third of those businesses could potentially harm consumers if they collapsed, the financial watchdog has warned. A Financial Conduct Authority survey designed to gauge the financial resilience of nearly 23,000 regulated firms showed that the financial…
Leaseholders in England will be given the right to extend their lease by up to 990 years and pay no ground rent under major changes that the government said would save some households tens of thousands of pounds and make homeownership “fairer and more secure”. The changes follow an outcry several years ago when it…
In July, I placed two online orders on Currys.co.uk and paid with gift cards. Shortly afterwards, both were cancelled without explanation and I was told my gift cards would be refunded within eight weeks. Despite constant promises, I’m still out of pocket. If I had paid by credit card I could have made a claim…
The Swiss insurance firm Zurich has introduced fully paid “lockdown leave” for parents and other carers in its UK offices. The company’s UK division said it would offer two weeks’ paid leave for parents facing childcare emergencies because of the closure of primary and secondary schools across the country. Zurich estimates this will benefit more…
My son fell ill in September and was put into an induced coma. He was in hospital for two weeks and, as he was unable to work or start his planned masters degree, he applied for universal credit. A fortnight later, he asked if the payment could be backdated to the day of his hospital…
