Personal finance

Battery-electric cars aren’t cheap to buy, but they cost less to run. Alex Rankine runs the figures.

The yearly Budget, big set-piece of British politics, encourages the very worst from the government, says Matthew Lynn.

The government has launched its “green savings bond” that offers investors just 0.65%. But that pitiful return is in many ways the point of “green” fi…

With the scrapping of the amber and green travel lists, the rules governing re-entry to the UK have finally been simplified.

Fraudsters are becoming more inventive as the world goes online. Nicole García Mérida explains how to combat them.

Your retirement savings can help you maximise the amount of money you leave to your family.

A “do-it-yourself” approach can greatly reduce lawyers’ fees when getting divorced. But do be careful.

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Changing the way that you save for retirement could help limit the damage of next year’s national insurance rise.

Gas and electricity prices have risen by more than 250% so far this year. And they’re likely to go higher still Saloni Sardana looks at what can you …

How do you know when it’s time to replace an old mobile phone?

At least four energy firms have gone under in recent days as the price of gas and electricity soars. Saloni Sardana looks at what to do if your energy…

The government’s regressive social-care levy will make Britain’s tax system even more complex. Root-and-branch reform is long overdue.

Life is getting harder for self-employed people and small business owners paying themselves through dividends rather than a salary”

The pros and cons of deferring your pension and staying in employment beyond 66 are finely balanced.

Your marginal tax rate is simply the tax rate you pay on each extra pound of income you earn. Here's how that works.

Tracking and pruning subscriptions isn’t as easy as it sounds. Here's how to take charge.

Insisting that people use their property wealth to pay for social care is perfectly reasonable, says Merryn Somerset Webb.

The government is to fund social care costs by raising National Insurance contributions and adding a “health and social care levy”. John Stepek looks …

The “triple-lock” could in theory mean an 8% rise in state pensions this year. But that’s not going to happen. Saloni Sardana explains what the triple…

Drawdowns are an unfortunate part of an investor’s life. But what exactly is a drawdown?