The government has started issuing £25 cold weather payments to eligible households - as the UK is hit with a cold snap. Read this and the rest of today's consumer and personal finance news below.

The average price tag on a newly marketed home has fallen by more than £5,000 in November, with buyers and sellers rushing to complete before ...

Creditors of failed modular housebuilder Ilke Homes are owed a combined £321m – but the vast majority are not expected to receive a penny back. According to a liquidators’ progress report for the year ...

Inflation is expected to have risen in October - with an announcement tomorrow that could be bad news for mortgages. Read ...

English Heritage is the charity that administers over 400 of England’s historic sites ... tucked behind a Victorian house to the west of the city centre. No 20 Group Control was part of a network of ...