Amy Roberts

Senior Money Writer

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Professional & Career Development Loans

Professional & Career Development Loans

Professional & Career Development loans offer 0% while you study. But rates can shoot up after you graduate. How to beat the system with MoneySavingExpert.

19 October 2017

CPP mis-selling – are you due £100s?

CPP mis-selling – are you due £100s?

The official date for a huge redress scheme worth £1.3bn for people mis-sold products by CPP has now closed, but you can still make a claim for old CPP policies.

31 October 2016

The Pension Loophole

The Pension Loophole

A new pension loophole means you could make £1,000s by putting money in and out of your pension - Money Saving Expert

6 April 2015

Budget 2020: Threshold for pension tax relief to rise to £200,000

Budget 2020: Threshold for pension tax relief to rise to £200,000

The income threshold before the amount you can save into a pension is reduced is to rise from £110,000 to £200,000

11 March 2020

Retirement 'wake-up' packs to be sent to help protect pensions savers

Retirement 'wake-up' packs to be sent to help protect pensions savers

Over 50s are to be sent retirement 'wake-up' packs to give more help and guidance on how to access their pension savings

28 June 2018

Want childcare vouchers? Apply NOW to make sure you beat the April deadline

Want childcare vouchers? Apply NOW to make sure you beat the April deadline

The Childcare Vouchers scheme is closing to new entrants on 5 April – if you're not already enrolled you need to act NOW

16 February 2018

YBS wades in on mortgage price war with lowest rate EVER of 0.89%

YBS wades in on mortgage price war with lowest rate EVER of 0.89%

Yorkshire Building Society has taken the lead in the race to offer the lowest mortgage deal

21 April 2017

Government refuses to budge on women's state pension changes following second MP debate

Government refuses to budge on women's state pension changes following second MP debate

The Government has refused to budge on changes to women's state pension following a second parliamentary debate

3 February 2016

MPs demand rethink of women's state pension changes

MPs demand rethink of women's state pension changes

A parliamentary motion aiming to protect women who will be hit by changes to the state pension is passed by MPs

7 January 2016

Women's state pension changes petition smashes 100,000 signatures – and may now get second parliamentary debate

Women's state pension changes petition smashes 100,000 signatures – and may now get second parliamentary debate

Petition on women's state pension changes smashes 100,000 signatures – and may now get second parliamentary debate

5 January 2016

Sign the petition to get MPs to debate women's state pension changes

Sign the petition to get MPs to debate women's state pension changes

A petition created by Women Against State Pension Inequality has gained more than 55,000 signatures

14 December 2015

Reclaim PPI now, or if you've ever been rejected, try again

Reclaim PPI now, or if you've ever been rejected, try again

Be prepared for news any day that the regulator is sadly putting a time bar on PPI reclaiming - don't delay

30 September 2015

New hot bank switching deals - free £150, free £100 + 5%, free £125 + £5/mth 

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

Don't bin Sentinel reclaim letters - they could be worth £200+

Don't bin Sentinel reclaim letters - they could be worth £200+

Two million people flogged worthless card security insurance from Sentinel should watch for a claim form in the post

18 August 2015

Urgent warning: EU remortgage rules could create mortgage prisoners

Urgent warning: EU remortgage rules could create mortgage prisoners

MoneySavingExpert.com explains how new EU rules could affect you if you're looking to remortgage

28 April 2015

'Second line of defence' for pension savers to be introduced

'Second line of defence' for pension savers to be introduced

Additional protection for those accessing their pension pot from April is to be introduced, the FCA has announced

28 January 2015