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Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Supermarket price wars are a “chilling prospect” for food growers, an MP has said amid efforts to join …

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Santander is closing more than a fifth of its high street branches under a major overhaul of its …

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Households in Greater London will pay £444 less annual council tax than their counterparts in the North East, …

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Banking giant Santander has announced it will close 95 branches across the UK, with 750 jobs at risk of redundancy. The high street lender confirmed sweeping changes across its network …

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sir Keir Starmer’s proposed benefit cuts have sparked a heated debate among Independent readers, with opinions deeply divided …

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Nineteen new banking hubs have been recommended by cash access network Link, following Santander UK’s announcement that it …

Dividends have long-been a nice bonus for shareholders and also for self-employed limited company directors to withdraw payments from their business tax-efficiently. But a reduction in tax-free allowances for dividend payments in recent years has been gradually eroding the benefits of them. With the chancellor Rachel Reeves keen to balance the nation’s finances, there are also fears that dividend tax …

Martin Lewis has issued an urgent warning with just weeks to go until the new tax year. Speaking on The Martin Lewis Money Show on Tuesday, 18 March, the financial expert told viewers they must check the tax codes on their payslips are correct, as some people may have overpaid thousands of pounds. The Money Saving Expert stressed: “It is …

President Trump fueled new speculation this week about a meeting with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, when he told reporters that Washington needed to be cleaned up to prepare for a summit between the two leaders in the “not too distant future.” Mr. Trump provided no details, and China has said nothing publicly about any such meeting. The stakes of …

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth A farm-to-fork food watchdog could help growers make more money when retailers sell their produce, an MP has …