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What is the FSCS, and how is your investment and savings protected?
Personal Finance

What is the FSCS, and how is your investment and savings protected?

What is the upper limit and how does the plan operate? If a bank, building society, insurer, or stockbroker fails, your investmen...

Changes for the new tax year: what will your 2025–2026 taxes be?
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Changes for the new tax year: what will your 2025–2026 taxes be?

We examine the changes in allowances and taxes and how they will impact you. On April 6, a number of tax increases and benefit in...

The best way to locate a pension drawdown provider
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The best way to locate a pension drawdown provider

Your savings could be depleted by thousands of pounds if you select the incorrect pension drawdown provider. Transferring your pe...

Are ISAs with cash becoming less popular?
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Are ISAs with cash becoming less popular?

As it searches for methods to revitalize the private markets in the United Kingdom, the government is considering reforming the Cash ISA....

An explanation of an annuity's types, definition, and purchasing process
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An explanation of an annuity's types, definition, and purchasing process

But it's a crucial financial concept to understand if you're going to retire. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) reports t...

Five Premium Bond holders who purchased winning bonds this year each received £100,000 in rewards
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Five Premium Bond holders who purchased winning bonds this year each received £100,000 in rewards

Following National Savings and Investments' (NS&I) April prize draw, two fortunate holders of Premium Bonds became overnight millionaires...

Will Rachel Reeves have to search elsewhere because she faces a "black hole" of pound 23 billion in capital gains taxes?
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Will Rachel Reeves have to search elsewhere because she faces a "black hole" of pound 23 billion in capital gains taxes?

When it comes to capital gains tax (CGT) revenues, Chancellor Rachel Reeves may have less money than she had anticipated. Office ...

There are changes to the rules for child benefit tax returns What is the high income child benefit charge?
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There are changes to the rules for child benefit tax returns What is the high income child benefit charge?

We describe the changes and the operation of the high income child benefit charge (HICBC). Soon, high-earning parents will be abl...

According to DWP, pensioner incomes have not increased since 2010
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According to DWP, pensioner incomes have not increased since 2010

Will wages rise in the future, and what might happen to the state pension? According to data released by the Department for Work ...

The cash ISA threat still exists: will savers suffer as ISA reforms approach?
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The cash ISA threat still exists: will savers suffer as ISA reforms approach?

Although it was widely speculated that the Spring Statement would reduce cash ISAs to just 4,000, the chancellor prioritized more immedia...

Calculate your mortgage overpayments to see if you can pay off your house loan early
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Calculate your mortgage overpayments to see if you can pay off your house loan early

Consider taking advantage of a home loan's flexible feature to lessen the impact if your current agreement expires and you are faced with...

Is it worthwhile to open a regular savings account?
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Is it worthwhile to open a regular savings account?

Regular savings accounts are probably the ones with the highest interest rates if you're looking through the top savings accounts availab...