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Over-confidence, time pressure and being too trusting have all led to people being scammed out of their pension savings, new research has found. Data from the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority ...

The Government could crack down on a lucrative tax break exploited by those using Airbnb and other home-sharing websites, as the cost of the giveaway has soared in recent years. There has been a surge in the number of ...

Lots of UK companies are offering very meaty dividends, but some investors are nervous about future cuts to payouts. In total, 26 companies in the FTSE 100 are forecast to pay a dividend at a yield of 6% or more in ...

The nights are drawing in, the winter coats are coming out of storage, and central heating is being turned on across the nation. This means it’s a good time to make sure you and your home are ready for winter. From ...

The FIRE movement sounds nothing like a retirement planning strategy, but it’s a movement where people are saving their cash and retiring young. Financial Independence, Retire Early (or FIRE) in a nutshell involves ...

Half of people who are taking money from their pensions are doing so without taking any advice, new figures show. Data from the Financial Conduct Authority, a regulator, showed how people in retirement are making use ...

You’d be very lucky if you live in an area where no banks have closed branches in the past few years – new figures show that a third of banks have shut over the past five years. The calculations, from consumer ...

The UK is in recovery mode from a looming retirement crisis. Automatic enrolment has been introduced for those in employment, nudging millions to save for their future for the first time. But if you’re one of the ...

Many parents will just have come back from their annual summer trip and will still be wincing at the cost of going away in the school holidays. You’re now fined for taking your children out of school in term time, but ...

Parents are increasingly helping their children get on to the property ladder – so much so that if they were counted alongside mortgage lenders they’d be a top 10 lender. Research from finance firm L&G found ...