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Should we stop dragging people into tax designed for the rich?
Almost five times as many people will soon be paying 40 per cent tax than in the early 1990s, when it was seen as a tax bracket reserved for the rich…
2 years, 10 months ago
How high will interest rates go... and why are they still going up?
And there it was, another interest rate hike.
Another quarter point move up seems almost commonplace now but cast your mind back to the era after the …
2 years, 10 months ago
How can we build more homes and make them better?
A row over housebuilding has erupted again.
Labour leader Keir Starmer has said he would bring back a 300,000 annual housebuilding target, after Rishi…
2 years, 10 months ago
Home improvement snakes and ladders: How to add value - and how to lose it
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2 years, 10 months ago
It's got easier to win big on the Premium Bonds but should you invest?
Premium Bonds are a national institution and their prize-giving place in British savers' hearts was only cemented further through the low interest ra…
2 years, 11 months ago
How long should you fix your mortgage for - and what next for rates?
As if buying a home wasn’t enough of a lottery, borrowers are now facing a major gamble on their mortgage.
Whether buying or remortgaging, they need t…
2 years, 11 months ago
State pension goes above £10,000 - but has something got to give?
The state pension is getting a boost this week, meaning many pensioners will see their payments go above £200 per week or £10,000 per year for the fi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Can you beat the April bill hikes - and is it time we ditched the tax traps?
Just when you thought the cost of living crisis was meant to be on its way out another round of bill hikes are hitting.
From council tax to mobile bil…
2 years, 11 months ago
Should we worry about the banks... and why raise interest rates now?
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
A banking crisis has seemingly emerged out of nowhere, in a system that we've been told i…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Budget verdict: Pensions, childcare, energy bills and dodging recession
Jeremy Hunt had a spring in his step this week as he delivered his Budget.
It was a considerably different air to the gloomy warning of trouble ahead…
3 years ago