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.
We’ve published our plans and budget for the next financial year.
Today we’ve published our plans and budget for 2020/21.
This follows on from the publication of the details of our budget for 2020/21 on 1 April 2020.
We consulted on these plans between December 2019, and January 2020. A range of organisations responded to our consultation, including major banks, insurers, and industry and consumer groups.
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Financial Ombudsman resolved more than 220,000 cases in the last year
21 May 2026
New complaints coming to the Financial Ombudsman Service have returned to more historical levels, following a previous year of significant increased demand.
Financial Ombudsman Service urges holidaymakers to check their travel insurance cover
19 May 2026
We are reminding holidaymakers to double-check their travel insurance ahead of the spring bank holiday getaway.