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Charities are using Google Maps and other social media to alert people to food clubs and community shops.

One in four are financially stretched but reluctant to curb spending, according to research seen exclusively by the BBC.

Inflation is 30% higher in Burnley than it is in London and Cambridge, the Centre For Cities finds.

The first £326 payment will be paid by the end of July, the government has said.

Fears of recession in Europe are weighing heavily on the single currency.

Mark and Caroline Gittins ended up back where they started, after strong winds diverted their flight to Madeira.

It comes after 500,000 households saw their direct debit payments double earlier this year.

Brits heading abroad could face paying more for everything from car hire to meals out.

The regulator's chief executive tells MPs its previous estimate on winter bills will prove to be too low.

As families are hit by rapidly rising prices, one group of teenagers is taking budgeting lessons home.

The prediction comes as a plan is agreed to explore how to help households struggling to pay this winter.

The Competition and Markets Authority will investigate why fuel prices are rising as well as local differences.

It is now thought 237,000 people have been underpaid a total of £1.5bn, new figures show.

Jake Benjamin Smart says he cannot afford travelling home and back to his placement the next day.

The average house price reached £294,845 in June but Halifax expects growth to slow.

The bank's chief economist says its focus is getting prices down and making life affordable again.

All eyes are on whether the new chancellor adopts a different approach to economic management.

Investors flock to the safe haven dollar over concerns about the outlook for UK economic growth.

Charlie Nunn says many households have little buffer in their accounts for harder times ahead.

Employees can now earn £12,570 a year before paying National Insurance tax, up from £9,880 a year.