James Harrison had not planned on touching his pension until much later in life, but Budget uncertainties prompted the freelance consultant from Surrey to take his tax-free lump sum this year, at age 55. “I would have been perfectly happy...
Proposed new cash Isa limit, from April next year, down from the current limit of £20,000
Amount of government borrowing that is used some months to pay for debt interest
We are sleepwalking into a society where money exists in our bank accounts, but access to it is based on little more than hope. Governments want us to go cashless, but they do not seem to realise that weakening our access to cash is...
The number of people whose finances were put under council control hit a five-year high last year, figures showed. In 2025, 3,444 local authority deputyship orders were made in England and Wales, an increase of 20pc since 2021. The orders...
