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Octopus Energy giving £2,000 to Lloyds Bank and Halifax customers | Personal Finance | Finance
Octopus Energy is giving up to £2,000 cashback to Lloyds Bank and Halifax customers who make green upgrades to improve their home. The major energy supplier, which serves around 6.4…
Martin Lewis’ warning to British Gas and EDF customers | Personal Finance | Finance
Energy customers have been issued an urgent warning (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Martin Lewis, the renowned founder of MoneySavingExpert, is issuing a stark warning to millions of energy consumers with suppliers…
UK self-employed face ‘unfair’ mortgage rejection despite £51,000 deposits | Personal Finance | Finance
The UK’s self-employed workforce holds nearly £82billion in disposable income, yet four in five entrepreneurs have struggled to secure a mortgage. Despite their growing wealth – a combined nest egg…
Rachel Reeves forcing pensioners into poverty with ‘double whammy’ | Personal Finance | Finance
State pensioners will be forced into poverty thanks to a “cruel double whammy” in Labour’s tax plans, it has been warned. Thousands of pensioners living in the poorest areas of…
Pension regulator warns retirees to report after ‘average £47,000’ lost | Personal Finance | Finance
The Pensions Regulator is calling on scam victims to step forward and share their experiences. In 2023 alone, fraudsters swindled a whopping £17.7 million from pension savings. On average, each…
Major WASPI win as campaign for £3,000 compensation secures debate | Personal Finance | Finance
A massive campaign has secured a key debate on the WASPI issue – about if women impacted by changes to the state pension age should receive around £3,000 compensation. This…
DWP is using AI to check applications for these benefits | Personal Finance | Finance
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed how it is using AI to identify potential overpayments and fraudulent claims across various benefits, including Universal Credit and Personal Independence…
Nationwide issues warning amid fears of Rachel Reeves budget changes | Personal Finance | Finance
Britain’s biggest building society has issued a stark warning over potential cuts to tax breaks on cash ISAs, cautioning that such a move could reduce mortgage availability for first-time buyers.…
Savings panic as Brits rush to open cash ISAs over fears of another Rachel Reeves tax gra | UK | News
Desperate Brits are opening up cash ISAs in order to take advantage of the tax-free savings before Rachel Reeves scraps them, according to one of the UK’s largest savings platforms.…