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New scheme aims to help firs...
An innovative scheme to help first time buyers onto the property ladder has been launched by Lloyds TSB and fifteen local councils. Authorities including Warrington, East Lothian and Blackpoolhave agr...
Budget has left us worse off...
Chancellor George Osborne’ s Budget has done little to bolster any financial feel-good factor as the UK noses out of the downturn. Many feel the damage to personal finances was already in the pi...
Royal Mint delay will cost m...
The Treasury has announced that a delay in changes to the metal composition of 5p and 10p coins has cost taxpayers £10 million. The Royal Mint had planned to issue new coins made from cheaper ni...
Number of fixed rate ISAs so...
The number of fixed interest rate Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) has risen tenfold over thepast decade. That’s the conclusion of new research from Moneyfacts which shows that banks areincrea...