THE UK’s largest building society today urged the Chancellor to raise tax-free savings limits and the stamp duty threshold to boost savings and encourage home ownership.
This Is Money: Millionaire Show Makes Carrott £17m
Comedian Jasper Carrott today emerged as one of the biggest winners of Who Wants To be a Millionaire? as he sold his stake in the business in a £112m deal.
This Is Money: Way Out Of The Property Crisis
Comment:Despite prices rising in the capital by 10% in a year, government can do more to resolve the chronic housing shortage
This Is Money: Flat Fees For Unlimited Mobile Calls
Mobile phone bills will be based on a flat rate monthly charge within a matter of years, Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin has predicted
This Is Money: Five Win Premium Bond £1m
Five Premium Bond holders – four of them women – became millionaires today in the biggest-ever giveaway by Ernie
MoneyExpert: Consumers Protest Over Credit Card Charges
A protest is set to take place outside the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT’s) headquarters this Friday.
MoneyExpert: Tesco: Christmas Is “financial Burden” For 22% Of People
Some 22% of consumers admit that they find the Christmas period a “financial burden”, according to the findings of new research.
This Is Money: £175bn ‘cost Of Long-life Pensions’
The shortfall in Britain’s company pension funds could be £175bn larger than official estimates as people live longer, it is claimed
This Is Money: China Gold Move Puts Heat On Dollar
Sterling moved within touching distance of $2 today, as the US dollar continued to weaken against the pound, yen and euro
This Is Money: Buy-to-let Prisons On The Way
John Reid is to beg the public to buy shares in new prisons after failing to secure funding from the Treasury