
Child Benefit is for parents of children under 16 (or 20 and in full-time education). It can be worth more than £17,000 and gives you state pension-boosting national insurance credits - see Martin's latest need-to-knows above for more. We want to know whether you claim Child Benefit, and if not, why not? Vote in this week's poll.
19 March 2024

An ISA is a savings account where you'll never pay tax on the interest – and in the 2023/24 tax year, you can put up to £20,000 into one if you're 16 or over. There's a range of different ISA options depending on whether you're looking to save for a new home, towards retirement, want to play the stock market, or simply want to save tax-free.
With only three weeks left to use up this year's ISA allowance, we want to know whether you have an ISA, and if so, what kind?
12 March 2024

The push towards electric vehicles (EVs) is growing and is likely to become more of a focus with the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to be banned by the end of 2030. For all the need-to-knows on EVs see our electric vehicle guide. Let us know in this weeks poll whether you've already got an EV or if you’d consider buying one next?
27 February 2024

In honour of MSE's 21st birthday this week (yippee!), we're updating our Birthday freebies guide – a round-up of the best goodies you can claim on your birthday. While there are tons of free and cheap ways to treat yourself and others, the cost of birthdays can still add up. It leaves us wondering, how much do you spend on birthdays each year?
20 February 2024

A pension is a pot of cash that you pay into to support you later in life when you're no longer working. But according to new data, maintaining a 'moderate' standard of living in retirement now costs £8,000 a year more than it did in 2022/23. So we want to know how much you pay into your pension.
13 February 2024


















