Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
  • Model release. Female open water swimmers in the sea in winter

    Breaking the ice
    Nine ideas for dates on a budget

  • Close-up of restaurant setting, in which two models play people enjoying each others company over food and wine.

    The price of love
    How much does dating cost – and who pays the bill?

    From subscribing to apps to who should foot the cost of nights out, it’s worth getting your finances right
  • Commuters walking along a packed railway platform next to a stationary train

    Work
    In no great rush to get back to the office? UK home workers may not have a choice

    Supermarket chain Asda has joined the growing number of firms demanding staff return to the workplace. Does this signal the end for remote working or is it a new battle line?
  • Cost of living crisis
    1.7m UK households won’t turn heating on this winter, research finds

  • Benefits
    Blind woman denied benefits because she attended DWP interview with help of mother

  • Student finance
    Why are university tuition fees going up in England and who is affected?

  • Food & drink
    NHS-branded baby formula could prevent parents paying too much, watchdog says

  • Explainer
    Does the Bank of England’s interest rate cut mean lower mortgages?

  • Property
    House prices at record high, says UK’s biggest lender

  • The Filter
    The 8 best electric heaters tried and tested, from traditional stove-style units to modern smart models

  • Homes
    New council housing in England may be removed from right to buy scheme

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Expert advice

  • Sainsbury's Bank offers car insurance online.

    Consumer champions
    My late father is still being charged for car insurance

  • A sign proclaiming the end of the world.

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    Why should I bother paying into a pension if we’re all doomed?

  • A staged picture of a couple moving in to a new house

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    Santander’s delay left us out on the street on moving-in day

  • Focus was on a streetwide scam when a costly camera was delivered.

    Consumer champions
    Delivery of a costly camera put identity theft in sharp focus

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Spotlight

  • A composite of pictures of a green massage gun, a pink sports bra and a pot of warming salve all held up by illustrated hands

    The Filter
    Gifts for fitness fans: what to give gym and yoga bunnies this Christmas

    Whether it’s a foldable cycling helmet or a cold water plunge pool for the garden, we’ve found something for every activity

Opinion

  • WEB Guardian Alice Roseberry-Haynes technology smart devices spying

    As a jaded tech journalist, I’m in a battle to keep ‘smart’ devices out of my home – despite my partner’s efforts

    Victoria Turk
  • British Chancellor of the Exchequer attends Sunday morning interviews<br>Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves BBC Broadcasting House after appearing on 'Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg' in London, Britain, November 3, 2024. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe

    Ignore the doom-mongers: the good news on interest rates shows Labour is on the right track

    Mohamed El-Erian
    • The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, outside BBC headquarters, London, on 3 November.

      Britain cries out for new economics. Labour has given it repackaged Tory ideas

      David Edgerton
    • A young man getting his blood pressure taking by a female doctor

      Letters
      In analysing the budget, take account of the social wage too

    • Rachel Reeves leaving 11 Downing Street prior to delivering her budget in Commons, Monday 4 November.

      All these sad stories of the stricken rich prove one thing: Labour’s budget is on the money

      Polly Toynbee
Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

In pictures

  • FHH beautiful renovations Yorkshire

    Fantasy house hunt
    Beautifully renovated homes in England and Scotland

  • A pretty two-storey house set back from the road

    Fantasy house hunt
    Village homes for commuters near a station

    From a farmhouse set in woodland to a period home in the heart of the village, all have easy access to rail links to towns and cities
  • Cosy Yew Tree Cottage in Potterne, Wiltshire

    Fantasy house hunt
    Cosy cottages for autumn for sale

    Picture postcard homes with a wealth of period features to warm to
  • Retreat to a cottage in popular holiday spot,  Lesbury, Northumberland.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Victorian homes for sale in England

  • An historic high street home in Pimlico, London.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Homes for sale on high streets in Great Britain

  • Cottage surrounded by woodland in Fittleworth, West Sussex.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Homes for sale close to British woodland

  • Art deco Exeter House in Putney, London.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Art deco homes for sale

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

On this site

  • FHH beautiful renovations Yorkshire

    Property
    Beautifully renovated homes in England and Scotland – in pictures

  • Terrace homes in Crewe

    Mortgages
    Does the Bank of England’s interest rate cut mean lower mortgages?

    • Consumer affairs
      Coming clean: how much can you save on household cleaning products if you shop at Aldi or Bunnings?

    • Pensions
      Why should I bother paying into a pension if we’re all doomed?

    • Savings
      Why should I bother paying into a pension if we’re all doomed?

    • Money hacks
      Cleaning, noise, bills: how to have a happy house-share

    • Scams
      Expecting a new credit card in the post? Beware the ‘not received’ scam

Most viewed