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Life is full of challenges and possibly the single biggest challenge of longer life expectancy is working out how to finance it.  There...

The Help to Buy scheme has been both extended and limited.  It’s been extended because it now runs to 2023.  It’s been limited because...

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Inflation is basically another word for price increases.  Its opposite is deflation.  Inflation matters because it influences the cost of...

While words like “health and safety” tend to make people’s eyes roll, fundamentally health and safety is basically about taking sensible...

Even though there are plenty of ways you can potentially save for your retirement, saving via a pension scheme remains one of the most...

The introduction of new “affordability” criteria for mortgages created the, arguably rather farcical, situation of some people being told...

Regardless of how you feel about Brexit, it’s probably good news that one way or another, the issue is likely to be resolved in the near...

These days, funeral music can go way beyond traditional hymns like Abide with Me, but out of all the songs you might want to choose for...

The concept of a cashless society may sound good in theory.  It’s questionable whether it will ever work in practice.  It is, however,...

In a divorce situation, both assets and liabilities have to be split fairly between the two parties.  For most people, the family home...