Hello and welcome to this week’s Money Talks – a roundup of the week’s biggest stories and some things you may have missed.
Money news
Cost of childcare so high that it does not pay UK families to work
Number of new-build houses falls short despite small increase
Big six energy firms overcharging customers by up to £234 a year
Energy-saving oven law gets warm welcome from celebrity chefs and WI
NatWest and RBS launch access to accounts at the touch of a finger
UK mortgage lending to landlords soared in last quarter of 2014
When a dream holiday home abroad becomes a nightmare
Feature
Check your insurer doesn’t mind modifications to your car
Work advice
Career cares? Work woes? Out of love with the office? Our expert is on hand to help. Put your questions to Jeremy, and help other readers with their worries.
Consumer champions
Squeaky clean, but Experian credit check says ‘very poor’
Bravofly booked our return flight which arrived back before we’d left
Vodafone wouldn’t listen when I told them about a fraud
In pictures
In the spotlight
Money deals
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