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Savings

November 2024

  • Array of pink piggy banks on pink background. Illustration of the concept of personal savings and financial investment

    UK interest rates are falling – but it’s not too late to find deals that pay

    The peak may have passed, but inflation-beating returns are still available if you’re quick. Here are the highest yielding and safest options
  • A sign proclaiming the end of the world.

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    Why should I bother paying into a pension if we’re all doomed?

    If the end is nigh, I’d rather invest for the short term
  • Man removes cash from wallet

    UK budget checklist: what you need to do now to make the most of your cash

    Use your Isa allowance if you can, hurry up with your property purchase and review your pension provision

October 2024

  • Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves seated at a table in No 10, with union jack flags on either side

    ‘The rich need to pay more’: Britons’ hopes and fears for the budget

  • Rachel Reeves

    Tax-free withdrawals from pension pots surge amid fears over autumn budget

  • How to navigate savings account small print

    Money hacks
    How to cut through the small print on savings accounts

  • an illustration of a man in outdoor walking gear yomping holding an old-fashioned alarm clock while using the red graph's peaks and troughs as steps. The upward trajectory of the graph line is mirrored by greyed-out mountain peaks in the background

    Money hacks
    Stocks and shares: where to start if you want to become an investor

September 2024

  • Illustration of a piggy bank with cobwebs over it

    How to make the most of the forgotten thousands in child trust funds

  • Miles Brignall

    Consumer champions
    Best ways to buy and how to complain: what I’ve learned as a consumer champion

    Miles Brignall
  • Yorkshire building society branch

    UK savers urged to find better deals after several banks cut interest rates

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Rachel Reeves is right to scrap Jeremy Hunt’s gimmicky British Isa

    Nils Pratley

August 2024

  • bank branch signs on a UK high street including barclays, lloyds, hsbc and natwest

    Race for UK banks to repay £100bn in Covid loans could help savers

    Lenders may look to attract more deposits from savers to raise funds to repay Bank of England pandemic-era loans
  • A woman shakes hands with an older couple while seated at a table with coffee cups and official-looking papers

    UK pensions shake-up proposes traffic-light scheme

    ‘Green’ pensions would indicate value for money, with the plan requiring employers to help 16m workers with pensions get best deals
  • Rear view of woman (played by a model) using smartphone while looking at real estate sign, planning to buy a house.

    How will Bank of England interest rate cut affect my finances?

    From mortgages to savings and from loans to credit cards, we look at impact of quarter-point cut to base rate

July 2024

  • Atom bank logo on the smartphone screen

    Savers urged to lock in best deals before UK interest rate decision

    With Bank of England meeting on 1 August, people are advised to take advantage of top-paying accounts now
  • Two folded origami faces made from £10 and £20 notes

    Are you a cash stuffer or a doom spender? The new lingo helping people save money

    Move over ‘thrifty’ and ‘flashy’. A fresh wave of buzzwords are shifting people’s financial habits – meet five of them

    • The experts
      The experts: financial advisers on 18 foolproof ways to spend less and save more

    • Carer's allowance crisis
      Rachel Reeves must overhaul ‘perverse’ carer’s allowance rule, Martin Lewis says

    • ‘I must have saved at least £100!’ Three writers try the no-spend challenge

June 2024

  • a yellow china piggy bank with a pattern of pink flowers and green leaves is seen resting on a pile of copper coins

    Savers urged to open inflation-beating accounts before UK interest rates fall

    Savings experts say this is a ‘window of opportunity’ to lock into a savings account at a decent rate
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