UK money news stories - 30 April 2025

Check your energy account and reclaim cash NOW!

At this time of year, you should have the minimum amount of credit in your energy account. We explain why and what you should do if you’ve got too much.

Shops could be forced to accept cash in future, MPs warn

The Treasury has stopped short of introducing a change to the law to make cash mandatory in shops, but says the Government needs to be better at monitoring it. It warns that we could see a ‘poverty premium’ for those who use cash to budget.

What is a wealth tax, how could it work in Britain and would one ever be imposed?

With the Government trying to plug gaps in the economy, campaigners say the answer is a wealth tax. But what would that look like and would taxing the super-rich work?

M&S customers in limbo as cyber attack chaos continues

The cyber attack on M&S - announced last Monday - has caused no end of chaos for customers including delayed parcels and paused online orders. Here’s the latest. 

‘Waspi’ women warned over fake compensation websites

Fake websites are promising compensation payments worth thousands of pounds to women who had their state pension age pushed back by the Government. These sites are designed to steal personal information or sign up for other compensation schemes. 

Revealed: Holland & Barrett's supposedly cheaper 'Subscribe & Save' often costs more – it's promised a review after our investigation

The health shop’s scheme promised to cut the cost for regular purchases - but an investigation has found it was actually more expensive in many cases leading customers to overpay.