Fill your car up with contactless? Limit could soon be upped to £100

The amount Britons will be able to spend on contactless cards without entering their Pin could more than double to £100 under new proposals put forward on Wednesday by regulators. The Financial Conduct Authority said it would be ‘seeking views’ on whether to up the contactless limit from £45 currently as part of a consultation … Read more

A million people have upped alcohol intake to dangerous levels during Covid-19 pandemic, poll shows

A million more are hitting the bottle: Huge swathe of drinkers have increased their alcohol intake to dangerous levels during Covid-19 pandemic, poll shows More than 2.5million people are downing more than 50 units of alcohol a week Rise was recorded across all age groups, but largest increase was in 55 to 64  Harmful drinking … Read more