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Women who applied for EU settled status in the UK under their married names may struggle to access jobs and housing because of a government computer anomaly, it has emerged. Many have been left unable to prove their status to councils and employers because they have been wrongly registered to the EU settlement scheme (EUSS) …

Banks must move swiftly to guarantee access to money for everyone as the cash system in part of the UK veers towards market failure, a national charity has said. Age UK warned that millions of UK citizens are cut off from cash and banking services. The lack of facilities is causing many to fall victim …

Regular train users have given a decidedly lukewarm response to the launch of part-time season tickets in England this week. The government had promised big discounts for workers who are travelling less but, for many, the deal is no better than other options that were already available. After wrestling with the issue for years, the …

BT’s landline-only customers are awaiting the results of a tribunal hearing to see if a class action can go ahead over what campaigners claim is a £600m penalty paid for loyalty. This week the Competition Appeal Tribunal heard an application from Justin Le Patourel and the consumer group Collective Action On Landlines (Call) to take …

“A man perfects himself by working,” wrote Thomas Carlyle in 1843, and though we might rightly have jettisoned other views he held (history as a parade of great men, for instance), we have not only taken this to heart, but expanded work’s dominion. “Work,” wrote Joanna Biggs in All Day Long: A Portrait of Britain …