TalkTalk will be increasing their prices once again, just 6 months after their most recent price hike took effect.

If you're one of their 4.1 million customers, now's the time to check what you'll pay and make sure you're still on the best deal.

Here's what you need to know:

• Standard line rental will go up from £14.50 to £14.95 per month

• UK daytime calls will increase to 8.41p per minute
• Calls to mobiles will increase to 11.3p/minute during the day & 5.3p/minute in the evening
• Many broadband, landline and TV bundles will go up by £1 per month

The good news is that you still have time to jump ship to a better deal without charge before the price increases take hold on 1st January.

However, with Sky and BT both increasing their prices as well in the coming months, you'll need to do the maths before you make the move.

Read our guide: How to Get a Cheap Landline Deal or check out our 7 Easy Ways to Cut the Cost of Landline Calls to drive down the cost of your landline bill even further.

What else is happening?

We're officially out of recession... for the time being at least!

The UK economy grew by a better than expected 1% in the 3 months from July to September, although some of this has been attributed to one off factors like the Olympics. The real test of how the economy is performing will come in the final few months of 2012.

Tougher mortgage rules are on the way in 2014, according to the FSA

The new rules will aim to place greater scrutiny on a borrower's ability to repay a mortgage and avoid a return to the reckless mortgage lending levels of 2008. Plans to remove age limits on when a borrower can take out a mortgage are also on the agenda.

Up to 300,000 new homes a year could be built using money held in public sector pension funds

The plans put forward by the Royal Institute of British Architects suggest pooling funds from council pension schemes to generate a £10bn housing fund.

Child related benefits for families may be capped to two children

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is looking at stopping child benefit and other payments for any extra children within families who have more than two children.

EDF are the latest of the big six energy companies to announce a winter price rise

EDF plan to increase their gas and electricity prices by 10.8% costing the average customer more than £122 a year. The EDF announced follows similar price hikes from SSE, British Gas, Npower and Scottish Power and leaves E.On as the only major supplier not to increase their prices this autumn and winter.