- Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 15:15
- Featured, Tax
If you’re thinking of turning to drink to dull the pain of the next seven years of austerity, you’ll be making a valuable contribution to eliminating the country’s structural deficit.<
The amount of tax revenue the government brings in from duty on wine will rise by more than half over the next ...
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- Monday, November 28, 2011, 12:34
- Charity, Featured
A third of people aged over 50 help their children and grandchildren financially, according to Saga’s Quality of Life index.
The group’s latest quarterly report on the living standards of the over-50s found that one in three of the group are providing financial assistance to family members and that 46% plan to give money to a ...
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- Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 12:22
- Featured, Personal Finance
UK banks are currently owed hundreds of billions of euros by the countries currently at the centre of the European debt crisis. France owes British banks €227 billion, while Ireland, Spain, Italy and Portugal owe €104.5 billion, €74.9 billion, €54.7 billion and £18.9 billion respectively, according to data from the Bank for International ...
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- Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 18:20
- Consumer rights, Featured, Shopping
More than 2,000 fraudulent websites have been closed in a pre-Christmas crackdown by the Metropolitan Police’s Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU).
Websites selling fake or non-existent goods from brands such as Nike, GHD, Tiffany and Ugg were targeted as part of the operation. Some of the sites were selling substandard counterfeit goods at a knockdown price ...
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- Monday, November 21, 2011, 13:27
- Featured, Housing & real estate
The average asking price for a UK home fell by the largest amount for nearly four years last month, according to the latest House Price Index from Rightmove.
The property website said asking prices fell 3.1% between October and November, with the average house being put on the market for £232,144. Rightmove said the ...
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- Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 15:21
- Featured, Personal Finance
Without meaning to sound too Scrooge-like, Christmas is bad news for your finances at the best of times. But at the end of a year that’s seen wage freezes, rising unemployment and the cost of living skyrocket, the post-festive slump is likely to be even more unpleasant than usual when credit card statements start ...
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David Cameron faces the prospect of a commons revolt when MPs debate a motion to stop the rising price of fuel.
The motion, tabled by the Conservative Robert Halfon and backed by 100 MPs - including 83 Conservatives and five Liberal Democrats – calls on the government to abandon January's proposed increase of 3p a ...
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- Monday, November 14, 2011, 12:26
- Featured, Payday loans
Payday loan companies that charge high rates of interest are targeting members of the armed forces and ex-servicemen, according to a Labour MP.
Stella Creasy, who represents Walthamstow, said the government must take action to stem a rising tide of debt problems among Britain’s armed forces. A third of all problems dealt with by the ...
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Rents will rise across the UK by more than 20% while house prices fall back dramatically over the next five years, according to the international estate agency Savills.
Demand from those unable to secure funding to buy their own home or unwilling to make the financial commitment in the current economic circumstances will push ...
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Comfortably off pensioners have been urged to donate their winter fuel allowance payments to elderly people on low incomes.
The ‘Surviving Winter’ campaign, which was launched this morning by the Community Foundation Network with the support of Saga, calls on wealthier over-60s to hand an amount equivalent to their allowance to a charity that ...
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