The recent surge in NHS prescription costs in England has been branded a “dark day” for those in need of medication. Critics are slamming the increase to nearly £10 as a “tax on the working poor” and caution that more patients might skip collecting their prescriptions due to the cost. From Wednesday, the price per […]

Lloyds and RBS bank customers are set for a boost after a law change introduced by the Government. Customers at both banks are set for an extra layer of online banking protection after the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology issued new laws on passwords which it says resulted from the need to protect bank […]

Britons are missing out on billions of pounds worth of pensions and benefits because they’ve forgotten or are unaware they can claim. Research from asset-hunting service Gretel estimates that a staggering £89billion is currently sitting in lost funds, which includes more than 2.8 million pots. Adam Pope, pension expert at Spencer Churchill Claims Advice said: […]

People planning their retirement finances have been urged to make sure they understand the rules around how to get the maximum state pension. Mike Ambery, retirement savings director at Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, said: “We welcome the launch of the Government’s new online National Insurance contribution checking service and encourage everyone to check […]

It could all work very differently in future after the Government announced wholesale planned changes to the UK’s welfare system. But for now, Personal Independence Payments from the Department of Work and Pensions still offer cash to people struggling with daily life. The DWP has a list of 13 requirements it uses in assessments to […]

Ms Williams worked as a secondary school teacher for 12 years but she gave this up as she suffered from severe migraines, leaving with a small penison pot of around £3,000 a year. She has worked several temporary jobs since ending her teaching career and and so was not able to join a workplace pension […]

Advertised rents have reached a new peak, but the rate of increase appears to be slowing down, according to property website Rightmove. There are also indications that more landlords are being forced to lower their asking rents, especially for larger properties, to match what tenants can afford. Across Britain, excluding London, the average monthly rent […]

When Hunt was appointed chancellor in October 2022, he made a virtue of hiking taxes to bring their nation’s deficit under control. Yet with the Conservative Party staring down the barrel of the next election, he’s suddenly doing a reverse ferret and claiming to be a tax cutter instead. Yesterday, Hunt insisted it’s now the […]

Rob managed to boost his retirement savings by nearly £18,000 after finding six lost pension pots (Image: Supplied) A man has stumbled upon a small fortune, boosting his retirement fund by nearly £18,000 after tracking down six lost savings pots. The UK is awash with an estimated three million “lost” or “forgotten” pension pots, totalling […]

The DWP is set to issue an average of £5,000 in back payments to thousands who may have missed out due to an oversight. An error led to a significant number of individuals not receiving their rightful cash, sparking the Department for Work and Pensions to take action. Those affected are primarily individuals who were […]