UK house price predictions for 2025: with pay rising and rates falling, they’ll just keep going up

Nothing seems to stop the relentless march of property values, even with a stamp duty increase looming

From cat litter to incontinence pads: UK shoppers on how ‘porch pirates’ got caught out

Readers say doorstep theft is a ‘nightmare’, but some thieves have not got what they expected in parcels

Company went into bankruptcy in January 2023 under $1.7bn in debt, but remaining $800m too much to overcome

British retailers anticipate some of the biggest shopping days of the year with people ‘clearly leaving it late’

Total value of parcels stolen estimated at £376m, with Black Friday and run-up to Christmas the worst periods

I paid Royal Mail £14 postage but AN Post returned the parcel for not having the correct customs declaration

Water bill increases are at about the level most firms requested – but not so for beleagured Southern and Thames

The average bill is to rise by 36% over five years. Here’s what each firm will charge, and how they will spend the cash

Regulator says it will claw back £131m in ‘unjustified’ payments as it announces companies can increase bills by 36% by 2030

Firms accused of forcing households to pay for years of underinvestment after Ofwat agrees to increases to help fix sector

Outage comes as customers hear they will face the highest ill increases in England and Wales

Exclusive: Long-awaited decision by water regulator Ofwat falls short of utility’s requested 59% rise

Minister says flat-rate compensation scheme for women affected by rising state pension age would have cost taxpayer £10.5bn

James Watt’s investment in I’m a Celebrity winner Georgia Toffolo’s raw dog food venture needs three years as ‘unconnected person’ under HMRC rules

Labour market figures do not yet show effects of Rachel Reeves’s tax rises on employers in the budget