A pensioner from Cornwall has been forced back to work because he only had £6 left each month after bills. Rob Trewhella, 67, from Penzance, couldn’t make ends meet with just his State Pension. He gets £814 a month but pays £675 for rent, £104 in council tax, and about £40 for electricity. Rob told […]
Zoopla has reported a 15 percent increase in house sales compared to the same period last year, as mortgage rates begin to drop. The property website found that agreed sales have risen due to an 11 percent increase in buyer demand and a 21 percent rise in homes for sale compared to last year. According […]
A “VIP” helpline allows higher earners, including ministers and civil servants, to have their calls answered by HMRC nine times faster than members of the public. The helpline, known as Public Department 1 (PD1), operates with up to nine call handlers, and the average wait time, based on the most recent publicly available data, was […]
Bitcoin has skyrocketed to $60,000 for the first time since November 2021, edging close to the cryptocurrency’s previous all-time high. As of early Wednesday afternoon, one Bitcoin was valued at $60,519, coming within striking distance of the record peak of $60,655 set on October 31, 2021. This surge follows several days of significant price increases, […]
According to a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO), thousands of families have had their benefits stopped due to recent changes in Universal Credit. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is currently moving people who claim older benefits such as Tax Credits, Jobseekers Allowance, and Income Support onto Universal Credit. The NAO […]
Six ‘straightforward’ ways to give yourself a tax cut as burden soars to record high (Image: Getty) As Britain grapples with its highest tax burden on record, people are being urged to check if they’re using all available tax allowances to make a saving. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found that despite National Insurance […]
Eight in 10 side hustlers want to become their own boss – so they don’t have to work for anyone else again. A poll, of 1,500 people who have a side hustle or plan on setting one up, found 79 percent would love to work for themselves so they have no one else to answer […]
Scotland’s First Minister has said he hopes to move his party’s long-standing pledge to reform council tax “at a quicker pace” than has been done before. The SNP has pledged since it took office in 2007 to reform the levy, but no concrete proposals have ever made it to Holyrood. Speaking at a press conference […]
Just Eat is expecting a rise in profits due to “strong momentum” in the UK and Ireland. However, shares in Just Eat fell on Wednesday morning, with experts suggesting this was due to no share buyback. The food delivery giant reported fewer transactions over the past year. It revealed that gross transaction value (GTV) fell […]
Millennials are set to become the richest generation in history, a new report has shown – although not for several decades. It comes as a result of the over £2.5 trillion held in property by previous generations will be passed onto after death. The huge transfer of wealth could mean that for many millennials, the […]
