The biggest lies have a tendency to come back and haunt you when you least want them to – particularly if you‘re a politician. Still, they never seem to learn. One of Gordon Brown’s first …
Brown’s biggest lie comes back to haunt him
Category: Personal Finance
How to get a foot on a slippery ladder
Anyone worrying about how they’ll ever get on the property ladder can officially relax. Lenders are now handing first-time buyers loans of up to six times their income. Apparently, Alliance & Leicester, Royal Bank of …
How to cut the cost of your holiday
Summer may still be a couple of months away, but plenty of us are already planning our summer holidays. After all, “we’re all sophisticated travellers now”, says Jo Thornhill in The Mail on Sunday, more …
Take my advice – give advisers a wide berth
How do I find a good independent financial adviser (IFA)? It’s a question I get asked a few times a month during most of the year, but every 10 minutes or so in the run-up …
Why you can stop worrying about your pension
How scared are you about your retirement? If you’ve been reading any of the money pages in the newspapers over the last few years, the answer is probably ‘very’. That’s good news for the financial …
Not a farmer? Never mind, get paid not to farm
For more from Merryn, sign up for her free weekly personal finance email, MoneySense. There may be many downsides to being a farmer, but it also comes with a variety of perks, the main one …
Is searching for good deals worth the hassle?
One of the most stressful things about the UK’s competitive financial market is that one constantly feels under pressure to make sure one has the best deals. Could you save money if you switched gas …
The one thing you should put in your Isa this year
The traditional fund-management industry appears to be having some trouble keeping up with the way the investing world is going. Consider the news out in a press release from Allchurches last week. Clearly the company’s …
It’s only tax planning, but I like it
It’s hardly rock ‘n’ roll, but the world’s biggest stars have got good business heads and are taking advantage of Dutch tax havens to boost their earnings. Simon Wilson reports Is Holland well known as …
How banks wring money from our accounts
For personal finance advice from MoneyWeek editor, Merryn Somerset Webb, delivered direct to your inbox every Monday, sign up for our FREE personal finance email, MoneySense There was a lot of fuss in the newspapers …