Money

Soaring value of family care outstrips total cost of the NHS New estimates, calculated by charity Carers UK and the University of Leeds, show the care provided by friends and family ...

Research shows families already struggling with cuts as councils plan to axe more services for older and disabled people A survey conducted by over forty leading care charities, which are part ...

Tesco is creating a new Board to help shape a key initiative - made up entirely of children. Six youngsters, aged from just nine to 12, will be selected on the ...

Shoppers will waste more than £49,000 in their lifetime on purchases they later regret. Buying things in a rush and not bothering to shop around means the average person splashes out ...

15 million Brits are each £3k better off because they consulted their gut instinct when making financial decisions, new research by Yakult, makers of the original probiotic, reveals. A third ...

Nearly half (46%) of working women describe themselves as the main earners in their family 44% of all working women state they are responsible for making the family financial decisions and ...

Two thirds (66%) of people aged 60+ own their home outright and, of these, just over a third (34%) rely on a state pension as their main source of income Age ...

It’s a fact that switching to frozen food could save the average family over £1500 in one year. With the ever-popular ‘health food’ campaigns telling the public to only use ...

Financial expert, Jasmine Birtles is bringing you twelve practical tips on how to manage your finances and cut down your motoring costs by spending less and making a few simple ...

Households across the UK have more than £7 billion in cash stashed away in shoe boxes, inside biscuit barrels and in drawers, according to a survey carried out by the ...

With inflation rates on the way up, the VAT rise now taking effect and experts saying mortgage rates are set to increase; belts will need to be tightened even more ...

Changes to the VAT rate, coming into effect on 4 January 2011, will have a noticeable impact on the price of a basket of groceries. While most food is exempt from ...

Are you the kind of person who starts next year’s Christmas shop in the January sales, or do you always leave it until the last minute and find yourself desperately ...

What would you do if you lost your job tomorrow? Do you have a financial safety net in place? Well according to new research almost four million of us would be ...

With Christmas shopping and the party season in full swing, this is the time of year when us Brits want to feel like we’ve got plenty of money in the ...

Prudent British mums are set to collectively save more than £1.9billion on their Christmas purchase lists this year by becoming a nation of smart and savvy shoppers, according to research ...

Family meetings are back in vogue with Brits today and have turned their focus on finances, instead of just the traditional family politics according to a study by M&S Money. The ...

Watch our live webTV show where personal finance expert Roger Edwards and Annie Shaw will be showing you how to take back control It can be a struggle at the best ...

Women living in the UK are less likely to claim compensation after being injured in an accident at work or on the road. A report released today shows that there is ...

While for many it may be considered the biggest day of their lives, winning just £100 is as thrilling, if not more, as walking down the aisle for almost a ...

As The Apprentice enters its sixth season, new research out today reveals that 29 per cent of women now bring home a higher salary than their partners compared to a ...

Despite the credit crunch and the focus on finances the nation’s parents admit they are still worried about whether the next generation will be able to manage their own money, ...

New research, commissioned by credit card company MBNA, has found that millions of us that use a credit card expect our highest interest rate balances to be paid ...

According to IMRG (Internet Marketing and Retail Group), Brits are spending approximately £4.3 billion online.  With so many of us pumping our credit card details into internet shopping sites on a ...