BBC presenter takes thousands from firm linked with Israeli military BBC presenter Clive Myrie has made thousands doing speaking gigs for a firm linked to weapons suppliers arming Israel. The National (Scotland) · Jun 13, 2024
Labour pledges to retain triple lock and undertake pensions review The triple lock ‘presents a significant fiscal challenge that no party has been willing to fully address’, a pensions expert said. The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024
£35.8bn gap between tax expected to be paid and amount collected in 2021/22 Plugging the ‘holes in our tax system’ could help refill public coffers, a tax and financial planning expert said. The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023
‘Reality check’ for the housing market as sales slide by 8% month-on-month Experts suggest the slowdown is likely to be longer and deeper than originally anticipated The Independent UK · May 31, 2023
Mortgage approvals to home-buyers increase for first time in six months Some 43,500 mortgages were approved for house purchase in February, up from 39,600 in January, according to Bank of England figures. The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023
Taxing times: the tax changes coming in April 2023 Major changes are coming to tax bills from April that could mean “millions of households will be worse off”, said The Sun. The Week · Mar 28, 2023
Pension savers set for a triple boost in the Budget Jeremy Hunt is expected to hike a trio of pension allowances, including the lifetime allowance, in his Spring Budget on 15 March. We explain what it means for you The Money Edit · Mar 14, 2023
How much your mortgage bill could fall by this year if rates continue to drop New research from wealth manager Quilter shows the average mortgage payments rose by 66% in the last year - but rates are starting to drop which could mean big savings Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2023
Ex-Standard Life executive dies in Lake District Financial technology specialist had spent more than 20 years with Standard Life Insider UK · Jan 4, 2023
New National Insurance change will boost your take-home pay from this month The change came into effect on November 6. Daily Record · Nov 7, 2022
Rishi Sunak's stealth tax raid set to cost Brits THOUSANDS - how it'll hit you Rishi Sunak and his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are looking at extending the freeze on Income Tax and National Insurance thresholds in the upcoming Autumn Statement Daily Mirror · Nov 3, 2022
Home-buyer mortgage approvals fell significantly in September Mortgage approvals for house purchases decreased to 66,800 in September, down from 74,400 in August, the Bank of England said. The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022
How the UK Government’s National Insurance change will affect you from next month Chancellor Jeremy Hunt scrapped plans to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 19%. Daily Record · Oct 18, 2022
How Jeremy Hunt's tax and energy announcements will affect you - use our calculator You can calculate what it means for you and your family Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022
The National (Scotland) · Oct 17, 2022 How will the mini-Budget U-turns affect households? NEW Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a series of U-turns following weeks of economic turmoil in the markets as a result of Liz Truss’s mini-Budget.
The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022 How will households be affected by the mini-budget U-turns? Many of the measures announced in the mini-budget are now being rowed back on.
Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022 You will be £174 worse off next year thanks to Jeremy Hunt's announcement today That is before any rise in energy bills from April is taken into account
The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022 Average earner ‘would have paid around £174 less in tax next year before U-turn’ Someone on £30,000 will still be around £218 better off next year due to the scrapping of the recent increase to national insurance, Quilter said.
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022 Market turmoil ‘has exposed vulnerabilities in the UK’s pension sector’ Concerns had been growing that defined benefit pension funds were at risk of being ‘hammered’ by recent market moves, a finance expert said.
The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022 Average UK house price sees biggest annual rise in 19 years The percentage increase was around double the rate recorded in June
Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2022 Average UK house price leaps by 15.5 per cent annually in biggest jump for 19 years The annual increase was the biggest since May 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics
The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022 Average UK house price is £32,000 higher than a year ago Property values in England, Wales and Scotland all hit new record levels in May, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022 Premium Bonds warning as £50million in prizes need to be claimed - are you due a payout? Brits love NS&I Premium Bonds, with millions of us owning them, but not only is there a huge pot of unclaimed prize money, most of us have not won any prizes at all
The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2022 Stamp duty holiday tempted buyers into ‘marathon’ loans Many homebuyers opted for mortgages of 35 years or more
Evening Standard · Apr 7, 2022 Relentless rise: London house prices up £40,000 in two years since start of the pandemic Prices in the capital hit a new high of £534,977 in March, according to new figures.