With the deadline for using this year’s £20,000 Isa allowance just over a month away on April 5, it’s time to pay them a bit more attention. It is still possible to get interest of more than five percent, free of income tax for life. But first, it is important to dispel a couple of […]

High interest rates and frozen allowances are set to land millions more people with an unexpected tax bill on their savings. Up to 5.5 million accounts earned more than £1,000 in savings interest in November 2023, compared to 1.6 million accounts the year before – surpassing the Personal Savings Allowance threshold. The research by Paragon, […]

With food prices soaring at their highest rate in nearly four decades, now’s the perfect time to discover clever strategies for extending the freshness of your groceries, MoneyMagpie’s Vicky is here to share some of the tried and tested methods to keep food fresh for longer. Food waste poses a significant challenge for Britons, with […]

Supermarket chains in the UK have been announcing plans to hike staff pay ahead of an increase in the national minimum wage in April. Asda has said it plans to invest £150million into giving more than 120,000 staff an 8.4 percent pay rise. That announcement came a couple of days after Marks & Spencer said […]

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The skills you learn as a mum are transferable and saleable. Many women think they are unemployable after being out of the workforce for years to bring up children. But it’s the opposite that is true. Childcare, being a podcaster, becoming a consultant and teaching are just some of the jobs that mums are particularly […]

Six best ISAs for savers and investors explained – including key ‘loophole’ (Image: Getty) As the end of the tax year when the bulk of investors make their ISA contributions approaches, many may be questioning which pot to deposit their money into. There are currently six varying types of ISAs and each is beneficial for […]

MoneyMagpie lays out the facts about the S&P 500 (Image: Getty) In the buzzing realm of stock markets, a historic milestone has been marked: the S&P 500 has now breached the elusive 5,000 threshold for the very first time in its illustrious 67-year history. But what’s fuelling this exuberance in stocks across the Atlantic? Is […]

Expert explains inheritance tax rules on property and how to avoid hefty bill (Image: Taylor Rose Law Firm) With frozen thresholds dragging more Britons’ estates into the inheritance tax net, many may be wondering how to pass on property most tax-efficiently after death. There are several ways people can do it, but it’s important to […]

Yesterday, Hunt said he would “shine a light” on our company pension pots to make our retirement savings work harder. He plans to force firms to publish their performance figures on a pension fund comparison site, to show how well they’re doing. It’s a good idea but will probably never happen. Pension companies will do […]