Crackdown on subscription traps could save consumers £14 a month

Consumers will find it easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions under a crackdown on complicated websites and restrictive call centres (Tim Goode/PA) - (PA Wire)

Consumers will find it easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions under a crackdown on complicated websites and restrictive call centres.

Latest figures suggest almost 10 million of 155 million active subscriptions in the UK are unwanted, costing consumers £1.6 billion a year, the Department for Business and Trade said.