Loot Boxes, Pension Compensation and Bank Closures

Published: Dec. 31, 2022, 8 a.m.

An new report suggests children are put at risk by 'loot boxes' in video games.\nMore than a thousand steelworkers will share compensation of \xa349 million for pension mis-selling, but campaigners say it is unfair and inadequate. \nHSBC will close a quarter of its remaining branches next year. It is offering some customers free computer tablets instead. \nAnd more on spray foam - a plea for it not to be included in the Government's new \xa31 billion energy efficiency scheme because of the frequent problems it causes in getting a mortgage.