In its final statistical release before Christmas, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that inflation in the UK had risen far above the projected 4% set out by the Bank of England earlier this year. As a reminder, there […]
This week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled his Autumn Budget. Although the bulk of the focus is on the next couple of years, the plans currently extend to well beyond the end of the current government. There are a lot of […]
I’m a big fan of credit cards that reward you for spending. Personally, I’ve had a cashback credit card since I was at university, but I’ve dabbled in other types of reward credit cards over the years as well. I […]
This week, I’ve been watching with interest as the value of my LISA plummeted. It’s a portfolio of funds I’ve picked myself as a bit of an experiment as I wanted to see just how it would perform against a […]
This week, the government announced two new taxes that will come into effect from next April to raise – they hope – £36 billion for the NHS and to cover social care costs. Although the rise in National Insurance has […]
The Resolution Foundation (RF) published their latest Housing Outlook report last weekend and, among other things, said that the stamp duty holiday wasn’t the main cause of the house price boom in the UK. If it was the main trigger, […]
