Hello and welcome to this week’s Money Talks – a round-up of the week’s biggest stories and some things you may have missed.
Money news
House sales in Greater London slump by almost a third in a year
Double whammy for British tourists as pound plunges and prices rise abroad
Celebrity rich list 2017: Taylor Swift falls to 49th place as Diddy takes top spot
UK student loan debt soars to more than £100bn
Theresa May is warned: don’t break election vow on energy price cap
Feature
Deposit-free renting sounds good – or could tenants lose out?
In pictures
In the spotlight
Meet the stock music composers who can make up to £30,000 a year by writing and selling the soundtracks to our digital lives. Rupert Jones reports.
Consumer champions
Every time I contact TalkTalk I get a fake email from scammers
Why doesn’t Google play fair with my cancellation?
Hard going with easyJet over compensation claim
Booking.com refused us any wriggle room despite its cancellation promise
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