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Mum pulls the purse strings...
Mum’s the word for who is in control of family finances – with three out of four women controlling the family purse strings, according to a new survey. Although men are still likely to wei...
Inflation now more than doub...
Continuing rises in the price of fuel, food and clothing have helped push inflation to its highest level in more than two years. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate has reached an unexpected...
Mortgage borrowing curbed by...
Mortgage borrowers face some tough financial decisions as lenders look at their spending power rather than their borrowing ability to repay home loans. Applying for a mortgage has focussed on h...
Household finances hit two-y...
Figures for March show the harshest deterioration in household finances for two years – highlightingthe fragile nature of the current economic recovery just days before the government’s an...