Financial

A “disgraceful” lack of financial education is costing the UK around £3.4 billion a...

The number of homeowners trapped on a standard variable rate (SVR) mortgage has rocketed...

Squeezed families’ weekly spending rose to a new high last year, with households shelling...

Putting Britain’s jobless over 50s back into work would earn the Exchequer £3 billion...

Pensioners give more than twice as much to charity as younger people, who are...

The over-50s are “sleepwalking” towards their retirement by underestimating how long they will live and...

Campaigners for older people are calling for radical reforms to simplify state pensions, after...

Almost twice as many women as men aged over 50 are expecting to work...

Older people contributed almost £27 billion to society through unpaid care, charitable and voluntary...

The squeeze on families’ spending power was just as strong last month as it...

Consumers are each set to spend an average of £445 on Christmas this year,...

The best rates for savers are “collapsing” following the launch of a Government scheme...

Banks are being urged to slash the length of their small print after a...

An energy firm has bucked the trend of rising prices by announcing it will...

An initiative to keep vulnerable older people safe and warm this winter has been...

A former care worker has been helped to set up her own business offering...

The Co-operative Group is to launch a Christmas savings scheme trust, saying it will...

More than three quarters of Barclays cash machines across England and Wales have had...

Most Britons are planning to spend the same amount of money or more this...

A third of Britons who receive paper bank statements admit to leaving them unopened,...

Do you need to access your pension pot before you retire? Early pension release...

Two-fifths of households are looking into switching energy supplier following a recent string of...

Elderly and disabled people are resorting to sharing their card details and pin numbers...

Inheritance Tax (IHT) is a tax that needs to be taken seriously by any...

Older customers are amassing store card debts when other generations are reducing the amount...

The plight of thousands of pensioners who are shut out of a £1.5 billion...

Elderly people are in danger of being stripped of their dignity and assets because...

A great idea has been relaunched  called Will Aid where by drawing up your...

The gap between the amount men and women are saving for their retirement has...

Energy firms will be forced to give customers the cheapest available tariff under new...