Economy

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 The average price gap between houses and flats has reached its widest level since property website Zoopla’s records …

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 The DWP is set to scrap a controversial computer system that has automatically approved benefit deductions from millions of claimants at the request of private landlords. Work and pensions secretary …

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 Consumer champion Martin Lewis has told MPs there are “major holes” in Lifetime Isas which need fixing. Giving …

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 Drivers in the UK have been warned it could soon become more expensive to travel as a slate of new rules and costs take effect later this week. From 1 …

Martin Lewis challenged the Ofgem CEO to confirm whether peace in Ukraine would bring down the cost of energy. Jonathan Brearley appeared on Tuesday’s (25 February) episode of The Martin Lewis Money Show, where he was questioned by the MoneySavingExpert founder after Ofgem announced the new energy price cap which starts from April – and which has risen by 6.4 …

President Trump’s tough talk on China typically centers on tariffs. But a closer look at the decisions he has made since taking office shows that the president is considering a far wider set of economic restrictions on Beijing, ones that could hasten America’s split from a critical trading partner. The Trump administration has so far proposed expanding restrictions on investments …

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 are bracing for yet another hike in their energy bills after Ofgem’s decision to increase the price …

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 building society is placing artworks on the covers of passbooks to help “inspire mindful money management” and maintain …

You have until 5 April 2025 to top up your state pension by filling in any gaps in your National Insurance record from 2006 to 2018. From 6 April this year, you will only be able to fill in gaps for the last six tax years. You may have gaps in your National Insurance record if you were not earning …

There has been plenty of discourse over the past few weeks regarding Cash ISAs, with chancellor Rachel Reeves considering cutting the amount of money people can put into one each year. But that isn’t the only type of ISA people can have, of course, with stocks and shares ISAs being a popular – and important wealth-building – alternative, along with …