• Thousands of energy customers facing bill shocks
  People are awaiting decisions by the regulator about which surviving company will take on their supply.
• Hospitality staff set to keep all their tips under rule change
  The government is set to make it illegal for hospitality bosses to withhold tips from their workers.
• Energy firms' collapse hits 1.5 million customers
  The government is understood to have cooled on supporting big energy firms with state-backed loans.
• Millions face winter finance squeeze, says charity
  Low-income families face a £710 rise in costs, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation estimates.
• Fraudsters steal £4m a day as crime surges
  Total losses through fraud rockets by 30% in the first half of the year, with many victims not refunded.
• Catalogue of errors led to £1bn of state pension underpayments
  The National Audit Office says 134,000 pensioners, mostly women, were affected by a preventable scandal.
• Avro Energy and Green go bust amid warning more to come
  Avro and Green collapse, with hundreds of thousands of customers facing higher bills with new suppliers.