Category: Finance
‘Best time’ to stop using heating to ‘reduce energy bills in spring’
As spring starts to set in, lots of people are trying to ease off using their central heating. Many may be thinking about turning it off. …
Fears Rachel Reeves could extend stealth tax raid on incomes in new threshold freeze
The Chancellor has already confirmed that the freeze on inheritance tax allowances will remain in place until 2030 …
State pension age increase to 68 ‘could be brought forward’ for £125bn reason
The government could fast-track a state pension age rise to deal with an ageing UK population. …
Rachel Reeves Spring Statement freeze could put pensioners at risk
One key concern with this threshold is that it could punish those who claim the State Pension. …
Hot drink that boosts collagen to prevent wrinkles and slashes inflammation
You can buy the tea from major supermarkets such as Morrisons and Tesco …
DWP says people who don’t struggle with 1 of 10 tasks won’t get PIP payments
Labour are cracking down on the number of people receiving Personal Independent Payments as part of major welfare reforms. …
Lloyds, Santander and Natwest to shut branches – full list of 2025 bank closures mapped
Nearly 2,000 bank branches have brought the shutters down since February 2022. …
HMRC issues State Pension alert to women in their 60s and 70s
Home Responsibilities Protection should have automatically been granted to anyone who took time off work to care for a family and who also claimed child benefits between April 6, 1978, and April 5, 2010. …
Martin Lewis says households can get £262 for two ‘backdated’ claims before April
Money expert Martin Lewis says households have just days left to get £262 from HMRC for two backdated claims. …
State pension age hike to 71 ‘inevitable’ – it’s that or triple lock is axed
“Increases to the state pension age are coming, possibly even sooner than expected.” …
