Last week, the government announced that its mortgage repayment holiday initiative would be extended to the end of October. Homeowners can now choose to pause payments to their mortgage for up to six months – after getting approval from their […]
Research from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found that in two-parent, opposite-gender families, mothers are more likely to be shouldering the economic costs of coronavirus lockdown because of childcare and household chores. (You can listen to a podcast […]
Up until December last year, banks were supposed to alert their customers if their account went into overdraft so they could do something about it instead of being slapped with fees and charges. Not all banks did, including Santander, Metrobank, […]
Some respite for self-employed workers this week after Rishi Sunak announced an extension to the self-employment income support scheme (SEISS). Applications will reopen in August, with a one-off grant of up to £6,570 available for each person who qualifies. Meanwhile, […]
It’s sad but no surprise that coronavirus related scams have shot up. Action Fraud reported that, to date (29th May), there have been 2,057 victims of coronavirus-related scams. In total, they were scammed out of just under £4.7m – that’s […]
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