ISA
Budget 2016: Cash ISA allowance up to £20,000 in 2017
Savers will be able to save £20,000 a year in an ISA from April 2017, Chancellor George Osborne has announced
16 March 2016
First Help to Buy ISA bonuses paid out as couple bag £800 between them
A couple from Colchester became the first people in the country to benefit from the Help to Buy ISA scheme
9 February 2016
Help to Buy ISAs now available for first-time buyers
First-time buyers will be able to save into one of the Government's Help to Buy ISAs from today
1 December 2015
Autumn Statement 2015: ISA limits frozen
Today's Autumn Statement reveals the ISA, JISA and CTF thresholds will be frozen next year
25 November 2015
Autumn Statement 2015: What it means for you
Today's Autumn Statement saw a hidden retrospective hike in student loans repayments, a U-turn on cutting tax credits
25 November 2015
More providers to offer Help to Buy ISAs
HSBC, Aldermore, Clydesdale Bank, and Newcastle Building Society are the latest to say they'll offer Help to Buy ISAs
23 November 2015
New hot bank switching deals - free £150, free £100 + 5%, free £125 + £5/mth
The bank account free cash price war just got hotter. Free money and up to 5% interest, better service, 0% overdrafts
16 September 2015
Faster switching on the horizon for savers
Providers may also be forced to alert customers to changes in interest rates - something which MSE has long called for
23 July 2015
Three savings tricks to boost your returns
Savings rates are dismal so you should act now to double, treble or even quadruple the interest you earn
22 July 2015
Summer Budget 2015: Peer-to-peer savings to be included in ISAs
Peer-to-peer savers will be able to get their 'interest' tax-free from April 2016
8 July 2015
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People who need to complete a self-assessment tax return won't be fined if they file online by 28 February – a month after the original deadline of 31 January. But penalties will still be levied if you don't pay your tax bill by this month's deadline as planned -
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Debenhams is set to disappear from the high street with all 118 of its remaining UK branches to close for good as online fashion retailer Boohoo buys the brand and website for £55 million. Here's what the move means for shoppers, including those with gift cards -
DPD Local and DPD voted top parcel delivery firms, while CitySprint and Yodel are bottom of the pile
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DPD Local has been ranked as the best parcel delivery firm in our annual poll of MoneySavingExpert users, with sister firm DPD coming second. But at the other end of the scale, CitySprint and Yodel got the poorest ratings from MoneySavers. -
Nectar cardholders can now convert points to Avios - here's how
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Self-employed? Don't miss 31 January self-assessment tax return deadline
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If you're one of the millions of taxpayers still to file their online self-assessment tax return, you've a month until the deadline. Most self-employed workers whose finances have been hit by coronavirus also have just over four weeks left to make any delayed so-called payments 'on account'
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Martin Lewis VIDEO: Should you pay off your Plan 1 student loan?
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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... -
Martin Lewis: Payment holidays coming to an end – but should you take one? Mortgages, credit cards, loans, payday loans, car finance and more
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Within the last week, we've seen the extension of coronavirus credit card, personal loan and overdraft help to 31 October 2020, with mortgage payment holidays already extended. The regulator's other help schemes are also likely to be extended too, including car finance and payday loans, yet should you do it?
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