Christmas is the most expensive time of the year for pretty much everyone, with the obligation to buy gifts and serve up a festive feast designed to keep bellies stuffed way past Boxing Day.
But it needn’t be a bunker-buster on your bank balance and there are many ways consumers can minimis…
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Gas and electricity providers owe British homeowners more than £1 billion, according to new research.
Two-thirds of homeowners in the UK are in credit with their energy supplier, which works out at an overpayment of £86.60 each on average, so says a survey of 1,283 randomly selected h…
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Philip Hammond recently delivered his first – and oddly enough, last – Autumn Statement as the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
That’s because, in a strangely meta twist, Mr Hammond abolished the Autumn Statement right in the middle of the Autumn Statement.
Instead, from 2017, we’ll ha…
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Given the ticket price of a five-year old family hatchback and a shiny new model, fresh off the production line, it’d be fair to guess that the older car would be cheaper overall.
However, that’s not so, according to MoneySupermarket, which has analysed the full cost of running new ca…
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Many parents and their grown children are descending into struggles over inheritance, new research suggests.
One in five UK adults are relying on inheritance from their parents, but in an awkward twist, one in six 55-65 year olds are counting on financial support from their kids after they retire…
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