September
Students still confused by new loans system
Students are stumped by the new university tuition fees and loans system coming in this month, new research shows
20 September 2012
Pensions shake-up 'to help half a million by Christmas'
About 500,000 people will save into a pension for the first time by Christmas due to auto-enrolment, the Government says
20 September 2012
High mortgage rates hit Government new home scheme
The NewBuy scheme to help people buy a new-build home has had a
19 September 2012
Which? campaign demands banks put customers first
Which?'s Big Change campaign wants banks
19 September 2012
Report calls for financial education in colleges
Further education and sixth form colleges should be teaching students money basics, a report says
18 September 2012
Cowboy clampers 'could start new parking scams'
Cowboy wheel clampers, who will soon be outlawed, could move onto illegal parking ticket rackets, the AA warns
18 September 2012
Benefits 'may be linked to pay, not inflation'
Benefits may be linked to average pay rather than inflation, according to reports
18 September 2012
Inflation fell in August despite fuel hikes
The retail prices index rate of inflation fell to 2.9% in August down from 3.2% in July, says the ONS
18 September 2012
Co-op blocks bankrupts from bank accounts
The Co-op Bank stops offering basic bank accounts to undischarged bankrupts, leaving Barclays as the only provider
17 September 2012
Monthly benefit payments 'risk backfiring'
The shift to monthly benefit payments could push some families further into financial difficulties, a think tank warns
17 September 2012
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22 January 2020
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland will scrap daily fees for arranged overdrafts from April and instead charge an interest rate based on customers' credit history
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Martin Lewis VIDEO: Should you pay off your Plan 1 student loan?
7 January 2020
If you started university between 1998 and 2012, or since then in Scotland and Northern Ireland, you'll have a Plan 1 student loan. While much is written about whether those with savings should overpay the current English Plan 2 student loans, there's little out there about Plan 1. I wanted to change that, so here's a video explaining how to decide... -
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16 December 2019
Update Note 25 May 2017: The ready reckoners below have been updated with the new 2017/2018 living loan amounts. Also since first writing this blog, and seeing the strength of feeling it attracted, I have written an open letter to the Uni Minister asking him to start telling people about this. Yet sadly received his no we won’t...
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