Festival refunds are not guaranteed so know your rights, warns the Financial Ombudsman Service
4 June 2026
As festival season gets going, many consumers may not understand their rights to getting their money back if things go wrong.
Consultation opens on our strategic plans and budget for 2019/20
Today we published a public consultation about our proposed strategic plans and budget for the financial year 2019/20 (PDF 4.2MB), together with an update on numbers for the current financial year (2018/19).
The consultation closes on 31 January 2019.
We will publish our final plans and budget for 2019/20 before the end of the current financial year, after it has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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