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In retirement, are you able to afford rent?
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In retirement, are you able to afford rent?

One of the most important choices you will have to make when planning your retirement is your residential status. Specifically, will you ...

After changes to inheritance taxes, will your family suffer a triple tax blow?
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After changes to inheritance taxes, will your family suffer a triple tax blow?

When inheritance tax changes take effect next year, families may face a triple tax blow, but there are ways to mitigate the impact. ...

How do you report and pay taxes on cryptocurrency assets?
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How do you report and pay taxes on cryptocurrency assets?

How do you declare and pay taxes on any profits you've made? In the UK, nearly 10% of people own cryptocurrency, but HMRC believe...

Will you save money when plug-in solar panels appear on store shelves?
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Will you save money when plug-in solar panels appear on store shelves?

We look at the potential impact on your energy bill. Next week, households will have a new energy-saving option: plug-in solar pa...

How to prepare for retirement without using the state pension
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How to prepare for retirement without using the state pension

How can you increase your retirement funds right now? Millions of people depend on the state pension, but its expenses are skyroc...

How to maximize your tax-free allowances during the tax year 2026–2027
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How to maximize your tax-free allowances during the tax year 2026–2027

Here's how to take full advantage of them in 2026-2027. You can protect some of your investments and savings from taxes with tax-...

Are the nationwide fixed savings account boost rates good?
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Are the nationwide fixed savings account boost rates good?

For your money, are they a good fit? Customers can now earn up to 4.7 percent on their cash savings thanks to Nationwide's increa...

For millions of households, water bills will increase once more
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For millions of households, water bills will increase once more

In order to pay for the network's $3.4 billion investment, millions of households will see additional increases in their water bills....

Bond markets are overly indifferent to inflation
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Bond markets are overly indifferent to inflation

The bond markets are very significant even if you don't make many bond investments. "There is nothing more fascinating than a fixed-...

Thousands of homes in the vicinity of Pylons will receive a $250 annual reduction in energy costs
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Thousands of homes in the vicinity of Pylons will receive a $250 annual reduction in energy costs

A $250 annual discount on energy bills will be given to thousands of households that live close to newly installed or upgraded power line...

Could the NEETs crisis be addressed with the use of number skills?
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Could the NEETs crisis be addressed with the use of number skills?

In the UK, financial literacy is a problem for nearly half of all adults. The three fundamental ideas of risk, inflation, and compounding...

Santander launches inflation-beating fixed-rate ISAs amid cash ISA boom
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Santander launches inflation-beating fixed-rate ISAs amid cash ISA boom

Santanders fixed cash ISA range includes one, two, three and five-year accounts offering interest rates of up to 4.7 percent annual equiv...