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weekly features on consumer money issues

Weekly features on consumer money issues

We pick a money story each week that impacts on consumers' personal finances, and offer tips and solutions to help

Weekly features on consumer money issues

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Budget sets new pathway for children's saving scheme
"Junior ISA has the potential to be the most successful children's savings scheme of all time," says Danny Cox at financial advisor Hargreaves Lansdown.
Coupons can help families stay afloat
That will come as quite a shock after an average 1.6% improvement in living standards each year since 1961.
Budget a wake-up call for family finances
Freezing local housing allowances could drive many tenants into cheaper accommodation and landlords could lose out too, either because more homes stand empty, or because they have to take lower rents from tenants on less benefit.
Can booming John Lewis rescue hard-hit savers?
In the first three days, around £8 million has gushed in from some of the 1.5 million people entitled to buy the Bond: the firm's 76,000 employees (partners), and anyone holding a John Lewis Account Card or John Lewis Partnership Credit Card on February 12.
How to pick a stocks and shares ISA
Capital gains on equity ISAs are tax free, while income earned is subject only to a 10% tax credit deducted from dividends.
Time running out for cash ISA choice
The account acts as a tax shelter as long as the money stays within it - with any interest earned being tax free.
With-profits policies drag their heels
Their growth is boosted by annual and terminal bonuses.
With-profilts policies drag their heels
Their growth is boosted by annual and terminal bonuses.
New high street bank open for investment
A Parliamentary select committee heard that even those on 'free banking' effectively pay £150 a year for a current account, in lost interest and overdraft charges.
Warning over dearer mortgages threat
Some 52% of those on standard variable rate (SVR) loans haven't bothered either.

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