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              Banking & Savings

              • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
                Q&AGilts
                Should I buy new or existing gilts?

                Individuals can now buy UK government debt. FT Money explores how to invest and which products stack up

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              • Friday, 23 February, 2024
                Personal Finance
                Labour’s school fees VAT threat sends a chill through parents

                600,000 UK children are educated privately. How would families cope with a 20 per cent tax?

              • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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              • Friday, 9 February, 2024
                UK tax
                ‘Bed and Isa’ requests soar as CGT and dividend allowance cuts loom

                Requests to transfer assets to shelter from tax rose by 53 per cent in 2023

              • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
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                Tax cuts: will they or won’t they?

                We quiz the new tax minister on cuts and simplifying taxes

              • Friday, 19 January, 2024
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                Need to Know: How will higher UK inflation affect your assets?

                Unexpected increase will affect mortgages, savings and pensions

              • Saturday, 30 December, 2023
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                Four ways to sort out your financial life in 2024

                New year resolutions to revolutionise your relationship with money

              • Friday, 24 November, 2023
                Personal Finance
                The Autumn Statement and your money 

                Analysis of the chancellor’s cuts to national insurance and changes to Isas and pensions

              • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
                Autumn Statement
                Autumn Statement 2023: What it means for your money

                Announcements made on national insurance, pensions and Isa reform

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              • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
                Autumn Statement
                Autumn Statement 2023: Isas shake-up aims to boost retail investment

                Saving into illiquid long-term asset funds among the key reforms

              • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
                Rich People’s ProblemsJames Max
                The best things in life are anything but free

                So how can you continue to enjoy the luxuries life has to offer?

              • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
                Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
                Five ways to fix the Isa regime

                Ahead of the Autumn Statement, here’s my wish list for reforming tax-free saving and investing

              • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
                Steve Webb
                Turmoil lies ahead for the pensions lifetime allowance

                What can savers expect if the abolition of the limit is reversed after a general election?

              • Friday, 3 November, 2023
                Savings accounts
                Challenger banks look to exploit higher savings rates

                Newcomers offer more attractive deals than incumbents in a bid to win market share. Will savers respond?

              • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
                Investments
                Why Mohamed El-Erian favours cash over equities for now

                Top economist reveals his personal investment strategy on the FT’s Money Clinic podcast

              • Friday, 29 September, 2023
                UK economy
                UK money supply contracts as higher interest rates weigh on lending

                Annual growth in amount of money in the economy has turned negative for the first time since at least 2010

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              • Friday, 29 September, 2023
                Isas
                How to make Isas even nicer

                The chancellor is ‘open to ideas’ about reforming tax-free accounts, so what could investors expect?

              • Friday, 29 September, 2023
                Moira O'Neill
                Investing for income in the ‘new normal’

                Cash savings rates are attractive, but may not pay off in the long term

              • Friday, 22 September, 2023
                UK politics
                Hunt plans Isa overhaul to boost share ownership

                Treasury looks to simplify tax-free savings regime and weighs new allowance for investments in UK companies

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              • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
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                Interest rates as it happened: UK and Switzerland surprise investors

                Policy rate kept at 5.25 per cent as evidence grows of slowing inflation

              • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
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                A range of apps link to accounts to assist with spending, saving, debts and more

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              • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
                NS&I puts pressure on banks with market-leading 6.2% bond

                Move comes amid government pressure on deposit-takers to boost offering to savers

              • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
                NS&I increases green bonds interest rate to 5.7%

                Boost for environmental investments — but other providers offer higher rates

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              • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
                Quilter introduces ‘cash hub’ on advice platform

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              • Friday, 4 August, 2023
                Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
                Grandparents: give the gift of investment education

                As inheritance tax bills rise, pass on your financial savvy as well as your cash

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