59+ min ago   (1786+ words) The Government owes a lot of people a lot of money – nearly £3trillion and rising at pace. This financial year alone, Chancellor John Healey is expected to borrow around £115 billion, two and a half times the amount the Exchequer sought out…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (818+ words) Couples without children could boost their retirement pot by hundreds of thousands of pounds if they diverted the cost of raising a child into their pension, new number-crunching has revealed. Pension firm Standard Life has said that doing so could…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1922+ words) Many of us dream of retiring early and living a life of Saturdays, free to spend more time doing the things we enjoy with our family and friends. The prospect of waiting to retire until 67 – the official age at which…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (544+ words) By SOPHIE WARBURTON, MONEY REPORTER Coventry Building Society has launched a new monthly savings prize draw account which comes with a 5 per cent rate. The Sunny Day Saver 3 regular savings account allows up to £150 each month and is open for…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (38+ words) 'Don't move the goalposts on pensions', Standard Life boss tells Labour This is Money 'Don't move the goalposts
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1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1202+ words) By SOPHIE WARBURTON, MONEY REPORTER Banks across the country are vanishing into thin air. Between January 2015 and December 2024, 6,609 bank and building society branches closed, figures from consumer watchdog Which? show - and more are being shuttered by the day. Many customers…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (511+ words) By SAM BROMLEY, MONEY & CONSUMER GUIDES WRITER NatWest has launched a £500 welcome bonus for customers switching to one of its Premier bank accounts. This matches a Premier deal from HSBC, but that one has an extra £290 cashback on the table…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (502+ words) Santander is offering a huge £240 to switch your banking, but you must open both a current account and a regular saver account to qualify. This is one of the highest bribes we've seen recently, so this extra condition could be…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (40+ words) This is Money We struggled for years to get a foot on the property ladder but finally found a way to do it by targeting certain homes...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (635+ words) Around 1,095,905 homeowners who took out mortgages in 2024 face a considerable jump in monthly payments as they come to the end of two-year fixed rates if they don't act, data shows. These homeowners are coming off two-year fixed rate mortgages with…...