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Oct 21, 2021

BLOG: Managing your retirement finances against the risk of cognitive decline

We are fortunate to be in a time where people are living longer. However, it does means we...

Oct 21, 2021

Inheritance tax receipts surge

Inheritance Tax (IHT) receipts for April 2021 to September 2021 stand at £3.1bn, £0.7bn ...

Oct 20, 2021

State Pension will rise by 3.1% from April 2022

The latest data shows UK CPI inflation grew by 3.1% in September 2021, down from 3.2% in A...

Oct 18, 2021

Millions missing out on unclaimed pension tax relief

More than a million higher earners are missing out on around £810m in unclaimed tax relie...

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Oct 15, 2021

More than a third of care home residents self-funding

Some 36.7% of care home residents were self-funding their care between 2019 and 2020, acco...

Oct 15, 2021

How to stop someone contesting your will

October is Free Wills Month during which various organisations offer free will writing in ...

Oct 12, 2021

One in five Brits don’t know when they get their state pension

The state pension forms the backbone of many people’s retirement, yet one in five Brits ...

Oct 12, 2021

Single people need £33,600 annual income to retire comfortably

A single person needs an annual income of £33,600 to enjoy a comfortable retirement, acco...

Oct 06, 2021

Pension savers restart contributions post-pandemic

Most employees who reduced or stopped their pension contributions during the Covid crisis ...

Oct 01, 2021

Misunderstandings stop responsible investing

More than half (52%) of people say getting the best possible investment returns is more im...

Sep 24, 2021

Uber to offer pensions to all UK drivers

Uber's drivers will be auto-enrolled in a pension scheme provided by NOW: Pensions and man...

Sep 22, 2021

More than £1bn in state pension underpaid

About 134,000 pensioners, mostly women, were underpaid state pensions, according to a repo...

Sep 17, 2021

Covid 19 prompts sea change in attitudes to long term care

The pandemic has caused 1.5m people over the age of 60 to reassess their plans for their o...

Sep 16, 2021

What to ask potential employers to maximise your pension pot

Your workplace pension is part of your overall rewards package so make sure you understand...

Aug 25, 2021

2 million pensioners receive less than £100 a week in state pension

Not everyone gets the full amount of state pension of £179.60 a week, with millions of re...

Aug 25, 2021

Almost one in five won’t leave money to their children

Actor Daniel Craig says leaving an inheritance is ‘distasteful’ and that he won’t be...

Aug 20, 2021

Pandemic pushes inheritance tax haul to record high

The high death count due to coronavirus meant Brits paid £571m in inheritance tax (IHT) i...

Aug 16, 2021

Millions of young pension savers ‘are not taking enough risk’

Millions of workers under 40 are not taking enough risk when it comes to investing their p...

Aug 12, 2021

Gurkha veterans on hunger strike in pensions row

Three Gurkha veterans are on their fifth day of a hunger strike protest outside Downing St...

Aug 11, 2021

The financial risks of not getting married

The marriage rate is at a record low, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS...

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How to get 5% interest without tying up your savings for years

You don't have to put your money into a three-year fixed rate bond to get an inflation-beating return on your...

PayPal closing down Money Pools

The ability to create new Money Pools will be disabled from 30 September, while existing Money Pools will be s...

IR35 changes driving contractors out of self-employment

More than a third (35%) of contractors have left self-employment since the changes to IR35, either moving into...

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Ryanair is on course to achieve its long-held ambition of offering transatlantic flights to the US – and the...

Investing in car parks: a good vehicle for income seekers?

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Results round-up: Companies to watch this week

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Product launches of the week

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