Lots of experts recommend putting as much money into your pension as possible when you’re young so it has time to grow. I’ve actually chosen to put in less money than I can afford to. One key reason is that […]
What’s worse than Buy Now Pay Later? Probably using BNPL to buy nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Apparently that’s a new thing you can do now. Bloomberg reported this week that Teller Finance – which bills itself as the company offering crypto […]
I read with great interest that Boris Johnson is considering 50 year mortgages to help people get onto the property ladder, which I can’t help but think is just a terrible idea for the UK. The ultra-long mortgage would in […]
Boris Johnson’s “benefits-to-bricks” speech this week made some interesting headlines. Among them was the possibility of excluding savings in Lifetime ISA (LISA) from Universal Credit (UC) eligibility assessments. At the moment, any savings over £6,000 would mean a reduction in […]
Last week, I let my Netflix subscription lapse. Every now and then I would quit for a few months because I feel like everything on there is a bit samey, there’s too much gratuitously violent and salacious content and, well, […]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak released details of his Cost of Living Payment this week. It’s a bumper support package, mostly targeted at lower income households, which will be partially paid for by a temporary new tax on oil and gas producers. […]
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