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
Sandbanks and Salcombe top UK seaside property league
Serious Fraud Office warns of £120m pension scam
UK house prices fall for third month in a row for first time since financial crisis
EE and Vodafone are UK’s worst mobile providers, says Which?
Labour promises to save average rail commuter £200 on season ticket
Feature
Could you cut out plastic from your weekly shop? One family tried
In pictures
In the spotlight
Patrick Collinson examines how the average burden on British people earning £25,000, £40,000 and £100,000 compares with taxes paid by similar earners in Europe, Australia and the US
Consumer champions
PayPal refused to listen when eBay buyer returned item in pieces
Virgin’s £241 penalty because we have to move home
‘I’m irritated you even asked’: What’s the worst customer service you’ve had?
Scottish Power in the dark about my mother’s electricity supply
Reading says ‘no’ to council tax discount on a house we can’t live in
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