43 h. ago Top unfair money moments is paying from sneaky admin fees to 'automatic tips'

Pal getting an expensive pint when it's your round also features heavily while splitting the bill when you just have a salad is another bug bear for Brits

Economics

65 h. ago Millions of shoppers could get up to £70 after historic Mastercard settlement agreed

It follows a long-running legal case brought forward by former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks

Economics

3 d. ago Millions of shoppers could get £70 after court rules historic Mastercard fees were 'unfair'

It follows a long-running legal case brought forward by former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks

Economics

1 week ago Mother’s Day in Germany is a reminder that motherhood is a battle that’s not for me | Carolin Würfel

Growing up in east Germany I saw how women around me struggled – and not enough has changed to make me alter my course To be honest, mothers make me sad. Especially working mothers with small children. Sometimes, when I see a woman in the late afternoon – pushing a buggy, a sniffling toddler in tow, tote bags swinging from her shoulder and two dark circles around her eyes – I want to cross the street. Not out of judgment, but because I can’t bear how exhausted she looks. The quiet despair etched into her face. I feel sorry for her. It’s so damn unfair. Studies and statistics back this up: the status quo for working mothers is dismal.For years, I’ve witnessed it up close, too – in friends, work colleagues, relatives and neighbours. Their inner conflict. The overload. The heartbreak of falling short of whatever illusions they had. The anger at their limits, their circumstances. Because it really is insanely hard to work and, at the same time, keep up an orderly life, with a stocked fr...

Events

3 w. ago Inside Lamine Yamal's meteoric rise: From getting over 'messy' break

Comparisons to Messi are redundant. As Yamal has been at pains to stress, 'the comparison makes [no] sense'. In fact, of late comparisons to Yamal, not Argentina great, feel unfair.

Politics

3 w. ago BBC licence fee is unenforceable and unfair to women, says Culture Secretary

Lisa Nandy has previously she could be open to replacing the flat licence fee with a sliding scale.

Society