Train ticket pricing due for overhaul; plus, Nissan owners driven to anger

The cheapest train tickets will be easier to buy and overpriced routes wiped out. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

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

Overhaul of UK train ticket pricing to be trialled in May

UK rental property demand falls to two-year low

A rise in housing supply has caused rents to flatten or fall in many parts of the country, says Rightmove. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Highly paid part-time roles on the up as employers embrace job shares

Royal Albert Hall president to be grilled by MPs over ticket abuse

‘Zero tolerance’ for pregnancy discrimination in workplace – minister

UK home to 80% of top-earning European bankers

UK house price growth has hit 14-month low, says Nationwide

Feature

Nissan Qashqai owners driven to distraction by engine failures

Ana Keogh bought a car from a main Nissan dealer and has since needed three engines. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

In pictures

Homes for around £500,000

A 17th-century water mill with lake for sale in France. Photograph: Healey Fox

In the spotlight

Changes to benefit payments for people who suffer bereavement at a young age could see them lose out by as much as £12,000. Donna Ferguson reports.

Widowed parents with young children will be the hardest hit by the benefit cuts. Photograph: PeopleImages/Getty Images

Consumer champions

What really happens when Royal Mail fails to deliver?

B&Q installation flooded our home but no one is paying up

Why has it taken British Gas a year to sort out my electricity account?

E-Scooters scoots off with our hard-earned £600

Clarks was right out of step when I complained about faulty trainers

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