World news | The GuardianUK energy: about 14m households getting ‘below-average’ service https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/17/uk-energy-service-citizens-advice-ecotricity-outfox-octopus-co-operative #EnergyBills #ConsumerAffairs #Money #EnergyIndustry #Business #UkNews
Thames Water lenders float new £10bn rescue plan https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/16/thames-water-lenders-float-new-financial-rescue-plan #ThamesWater #WaterIndustry #Utilities #Business #CorporateGovernance #PrivateEquity #UkNews #WaterBills #Regulators #ConsumerAffairs #HouseholdBills #Money
High levels of debt on essential UK bills are the ‘new normal’, warn campaigners https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/16/debt-high-levels-essential-bills-uk #BorrowingDebt #HouseholdBills #EnergyBills #Money #ConsumerAffairs #MortgageArrears #FamilyFinances #UkNews #RentingProperty #CouncilTax #Mortgages #Poverty
‘DM your details’: Travellers warned of scam airline accounts as Iran war disrupts flights https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/15/travel-scam-airline-accounts-fake-refunds-iran-war-flight-disruption #Scams #AirlineIndustry #Travel #ConsumerAffairs #Money #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews #UkNews #Business
NSW to crack down on property underquoting, forcing sellers to publish price guides on all listings https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/15/nsw-housing-real-estate-underquoting-dummy-bidding-ban-fines-price-guides #Housing #NewSouthWalesPolitics #ConsumerAffairs #Business #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
The Guardian FeedsHow will war in the Middle East affect your finances?
By Rupert Jones and Zoe Wood
Surging energy prices and tumbling stock markets are threatening a new UK cost of living crisis
#UKcostoflivingcrisis #USIsraelwaronIran #Financialsector #Business #Inflation #Interestrates #Economics #Worldnews #Petrolprices #Energybills #Money #Householdbills #Motoring #Stockmarkets #Pensions #FTSE #Mortgagerates #Mortgages #Banksandbuildingsocieties #Property #Housingmarket #Familyfinances #Consumeraffairs #RupertJones #ZoeWood
Rachel Reeves to set out extra support for UK households facing surge in heating oil costs https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/13/rachel-reeves-to-set-out-extra-support-for-uk-households-facing-surge-in-heating-oil-costs #RachelReeves #EnergyBills #Oil #HouseholdBills #Money #Politics #UkNews #ConsumerAffairs #Business
Bailiffs board Ryanair plane after airline refuses to pay delayed flight compensation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/13/bailiffs-board-ryanair-plane-after-airline-refused-to-pay-compensation-over-delayed-flight #Ryanair #Austria #AirlineIndustry #Business #ConsumerAffairs #Money #Europe
‘Convincing’ AI scams drove UK fraud cases to record 444,000 last year https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/12/ai-scams-uk-fraud-artificial-intelligence-mobile-bank-online-shopping-cifas #Scams #IdentityFraud #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #ConsumerAffairs #Money #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Banking #Business #UkNews #Crime
Andrew FurrowRE: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/116205120279539801
This is why scams are on the rise.
Related reminder: Yelp, BBB, Google Maps, etc. are all pay-to-win. Posting reviews on those sites makes THEM money! And it exposes you to legal risk, while you get nothing in return. Skeezy companies just pay for fake reviews or directly pay a bribe to the review sites.
Like voting, this is another problem that could be solved with #pki, if only lawmakers could grasp technology.
#reviews #complaints #consumeraffairs #consumerprotections #cfpb