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The national minimum wage for adults is to increase by 3% – 20p an hour – from 1 October, the biggest real-term rise in seven years, the Government has today announced.

Five million people who've already bought and locked into an annuity will be given the same pension freedoms as people nearing retirement, the Government has announced.

MoneySavingExpert.com is today calling for the Treasury to publish the independent report it commissioned into the Money Advice Service, authored by Christine Farnish – a report it has delayed and hidden since December in a likely attempt to prevent any pre-election backlash.

Motorists in England are to get a 10 minute grace period after a parking ticket runs out before they can be hit with a fine.

The Energy Secretary was grilled by MoneySavingExpert.com on Npower and Scottish Power service, the Green Deal, 24-hour switching and more at an event held at MSE towers.

An additional £70 million will be made available to households under the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GHIF), Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey has announced today at an event at MoneySavingExpert.com.

Workers will be able to carry small pension pots with them from job to job from next year onwards under plans outlined by Pensions Minister Steve Webb.

Some households that received vouchers to redeem cash from the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) now have longer to use them, the Government has announced today.