Everything to know as Reeves axes tax allowance for 300,000 | Personal Finance | Finance
Need to know: 300,000 home workers to lose tax relief in April shake-up Approximately 300,000 UK home workers will lose their annual tax relief allowance from April 6, dealing a financial blow to remote employees across Britain. The scrapping of this long-standing measure will save HMRC £115 million over five years, according to research by accountancy More...
Older state pensioners given extra £5,759 DWP boost from April 6 | Personal Finance | Finance
Older state pensioners can get a cash boost of up to £5,759 extra per year from April 6 with a single claim to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The DWP pays an ‘over 80 pension’ to eligible More...
Cash ISA limit rules from Monday as savers urged ‘act now’ | Personal Finance | Finance
Savers are being urged to ‘act now’ to make the most of tax-free interest on savings (Image: Getty) Savers are being urged to ‘act now’ to make the most of tax-free interest on savings before the tax More...
Savings provider boosts ‘market-leading’ ISA interest rates to 4.60% | Personal Finance | Finance
Savers now have access to a new market-leading interest rate as a savings provider boosts its returns for its easy-access Cash ISA. The tax year is coming to an end, and Plum has boosted its rate as a special More...
Workers ‘£1,400 short of real living wage’ even after April rise | Personal Finance | Finance
4.4 million jobs in the UK are paid below the real living wage (Image: GETTY) From the beginning of April 2026, National Minimum Wage rates rose, providing workers aged over 21 on the National Living Wage with More...
I took out a £1,000 loan to buy Taylor Swift gig tickets from touts – this has to stop | Personal Finance | Finance
Damian Smyth paid over £1,000 for two Taylor Swift tickets (Image: Damian Smyth) A father took on short-term debt to afford two Taylor Swift tickets for him and his daughter. After failing to secure tickets More...
Drivers told ‘avoid this button’ – increases fuel consumption by 20 percent | Personal Finance | Finance
Drivers warned to avoid one button as it ‘increases fuel consumption by 20 percent’. (Image: Getty) With temperatures finally starting to climb and fuel costs remaining high, many motorists will More...
Premium Bonds warning to 2.7 million savers ‘missing out’ | Personal Finance | Finance
Premium Bonds holders are being urged to check their accounts as more than 2.7 million prizes remain unclaimed. Among these are a £50,000 prize in Surrey that has been sitting around since June 2019, and a huge More...
Luxury car shake-up as 23 popular EVs removed from £425 tax trap | Personal Finance | Finance
Motorists buying electric cars are being handed a significant tax break after the Government raised the “luxury car tax” threshold by 25%. The Expensive Car Supplement threshold has increased from £40,000 More...
Benefits shake-up as DWP delays deadline on payments | Personal Finance | Finance
Thousands of benefit claimants have been handed a last-minute reprieve after ministers quietly pushed back a key deadline in a sweeping welfare overhaul. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed it More...
