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According to research by Legal & General over a quarter of UK housing transactions involve help from the buyers’ parents, but the average contribution has declined recently. The ‘Bank of Mum and...

A report from debt charity StepChange has shown that around three million people in the UK were in arrears on at least one bill during 2017, and millions more had to use credit to pay for some basic...

Residential property values continued dropping in March with the year inflation rate falling to -0.7% which is the most dramatic drop since 2009 according to figures from the Land Registry. Despite...

Legal and General investment Management (LGIM) has launched an first investment fund using £50 million (of its own money) which will be open to both institutional and retail investors and  aims to...

The new MOT test is now in effect, bringing with it new categories of vehicle faults, and tighter restrictions on diesel emissions. Vehicles with a diesel particulate filter installed will be required...

  The price of fuel continues to rise, having recently hit the highest levels seen in three and a half years. Experts say consumers should be braced for even more increases, with many predicting that...

The government has announced new rules regulating the playing of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs).  Currently, a player can bet up to £100 every 20 seconds using the terminals, but this will now...

As all people with eyes and ears know, the bells are ringing for another royal wedding. With a more or less complete meltdown of the entire country imminent it can be difficult to know exactly how to...

According to a report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), between Q4 of 2017 and Q1 of 2018 a series of positive changes were seen in the UK’s labour market.  The Labour Force Survey, as the...

CYBG, the banking group that owns Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, has put in a £1.6 billion offer for Virgin Money, the financial branch of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. According to the terms...