Protect your Pocket

Anyone who earns over £150,000 a year will pay less tax from next year, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

The Government today said it would consider making financial education a compulsory part of the school curriculum.

Supermarket price wars and the falling cost of petrol last month helped push inflation down further from its peak, official figures revealed today.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Financial Education for Young People today launches its report calling for compulsory money lessons in schools.

A Parliamentary debate on providing compulsory financial education in schools is scheduled to take place in the main chamber of the House of Commons on Thursday next week.

Automatic pensions enrolment for small businesses is to be delayed a year, Pensions Minister Steve Webb said today.

The Government should consider introducing a "graduated" state pension to allow people to draw some cash before they retire, which could help encourage them to continue working for longer, a thinktank recommended today.

The jobs market is facing a "slow, painful contraction", with firms scaling back decisions on whether to recruit more staff against a background of global economic "turmoil", a new report warns today.

Workers in the UK will receive another below-inflation pay rise next year, with firms budgeting for a 3% increase, a new report predicted today.