MARCH will see some major money changes including a key tweak to benefits, train fare hikes and the Chancellor’s Spring Budget. There are also a number of deadlines coming up, including the end of the current round of the Household Support Fund and the last day to complete on a house purchase if you’re looking
Householders are being warned about a series of changes coming in March that could have an impact on their finances. Among the changes to look out for are a rise in train fares and some DWP benefits being axed for good. There will also be Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Budget to take note of. Meanwhile,
A HIGH street bank with three million customers has issued a major update for anyone with a loan. Metro Bank has agreed the sale of its £584million portfolio of personal loans. 1 The bank has ceased offering unsecured personal loans to new customers back in 2023Credit: Rex The high street bank said the sale of the unsecured
Transatlantic airline staff are notorious sticklers nowadays when it comes to weighing passengers’ luggage, but suddenly there’s extra competition for space in the hold – and it comes from a very surprising quarter. If you’ve taken a flight from London to New York in recent months, there’s a chance your suitcase of warm winter clothes
Unprecedented demand for physical gold from the US Commodity Exchange (COMEX) and speculation over potential Donald Trump administration’s tariffs have led to delays in delivery of the precious metal by London’s vaults and refineries imposing temporary surcharges, analysts and various reports said. The waiting time for London gold delivery is between four and eight weeks.
Fund managers see opportunity in the volatile bond markets of late but advisers are less keen to adjust their portfolios to capitalise on them. Gilt yields spiked in mid January in the wake of similar spikes in the US. Fund managers such as Quilter Wealth Select sought to capitalise on these by increasing the fixed
STARLING customers should act now to avoid missing out on free cash as the bank axes a key feature from its accounts. From today, the bank will no longer pay interest to customers whose current accounts are in credit. 1 Starling Bank is due to make a big change that could see customers missing outCredit:
BRITSTOL’S first-time buyers have been named the savviest in the UK, making the most of a savings-boosting account to step onto the property ladder. Customer data from Moneybox reveals that the West Country city leads the way in utilising the Lifetime ISA (LISA) to buy a first home – which encourages 18-39 years olds to
Savers are set to see big reductions on the amounts they earn in interest from their cash after Thursday’s Bank of England base rate cut, experts have warned. The Bank of England has slashed the rate from 4.75 per cent to 4.5 per cent. Returns on savings tend to fall as the base rate does.
It is widely expected that there will be a 0.25 percentage point cut at the Bank of England’s first Monetary Policy Committee of the year The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates from 4.75 per cent to 4.5 per cent when its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets on Thursday. The MPC can