Car finance payouts could be delayed by years over legal challenges, says FCA

Complaints-led approach could pile £6bn of extra costs on to lenders, says City watchdog

Aviva detects record £230m in bogus insurance claims as use of AI rises

Insurer found 18,400 suspect claims last year with some scammers using AI to fake accident scenes and documents

Rural UK ‘particularly at risk’ of diesel shortages if Iran war continues

OECD forecast sets out economic risks from conflict, pointing to potential shortfalls to key energy products

I surrendered my driving licence after a spinal injury but the DVLA revoked it

Although I voluntarily handed in the licence, the agency’s action has made it far harder for me to get it back

‘Cheap’ parking at Stansted airport cost me hundreds of pounds

We left our car at the short-stay car park after paying £66 for a one-week ‘meet and greet’ service

On-street EV charging in UK is postcode lottery as drivers face council objections

Despite government pledges, more than 20 authorities will not allow gullies, citing safety, legal and parking worries

Treasury rejected ministers’ plan to cut VAT on public EV charging to 5%

Department for Transport is understood to back reducing levy, which critics have called a ‘pavement tax’

Biggest drop in petrol purchases in six years hits retail sales in Great Britain

Drivers conserve fuel amid Iran war uncertainty, pushing overall sales down 1.3% in April

Reeves to promise free summer bus rides for children and food tariff cuts in living costs package

Chancellor launches ‘Great British summer savings scheme’ after Keir Starmer postpones fuel duty increase Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir Starmer

Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir Starmer

PM tells Commons extending the temporary 5p cut is a necessary response to cost-of-living pressures

Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living

Chancellor has been under pressure to extend 5p temporary cut at an estimated cost to government of £2.4bn a year

UK drivers struggle to get insurance for Chinese EVs such as Jaecoo

Firms do not offer cover for some models, or charge more than for equivalent petrol cars, research finds

Rachel Reeves suggests if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it – as fight to keep her job goes on

The GDP boost has raised the chancellor’s prospects for staying in post, whoever wins the Labour leadership battle

‘There’s too much risk’: Britons on changing holiday plans amid Iran war

Prospect of flight cancellations and petrol shortages prompt people to switch from air and road to rail and bus

Home batteries: a ‘gamechanger’ for cutting energy bills?

As fuel prices soar, millions of Britons could reduce their electricity costs by installing home storage