The 10 seaside towns with the most affordable housing

00:01 | 04 Jul 2009 | By Chris Marshall

Looking for a house on the seaside? Avoid the south west and instead head to the north.

FSA boss: state pension age should rise to 70

08:28 | 03 Jul 2009 | By Chris Marshall

Adair Turner said he ‘should have been more radical’ when he paved the way for the state retirement age to rise to 68.

Don't miss the tax deadline

05:22 | 03 Jul 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Tough new measures on late self-assessment payers.

Bill Gross: get ready for the Great Recession

14:39 | 02 Jul 2009 | By Jesus Segarra Sobral

The bond king says a 1930s-style depression has been avoided – but get ready for the 'Great Recession'.

Treasury rejects help for higher-rate tax payers

14:30 | 02 Jul 2009 | By Edward Lander

Treasury snubs calls to make concessions for self-employed, higher-rate tax payers hit by Budget changes.  

Keydata: Fortis was custodian of missing millions

11:57 | 02 Jul 2009 | By Iain Martin, Drazen Jorgic

The hunt for Keydata's missing millions has turned to Fortis Intertrust, the custody arm of nationalised Belgo-French bank Fortis.

MPs’ pensions should lead the way for reform

12:44 | 01 Jul 2009 | By Chris Marshall

MPs’ pensions should pave a ‘middle way’ model for the private sector, a parliamentary group on pensions has advised.

A good fixed return with no penalties for withdrawals

12:35 | 01 Jul 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Lorna Bourke spies a best buy 5% fixed rate bond offering the flexibility that investors need.

Rising numbers of women give up on pensions saving

00:01 | 30 Jun 2009 | By Chris Marshall

Many conclude it is 'just too late' to try to build up worthwhile retirement savings.

Government needs a get out of debt plan

00:01 | 30 Jun 2009 | By Deborah Hyde

Businesses say the government has failed to explain how it will restore the UK’s finances to health.

Read this before buying travel insurance

00:01 | 30 Jun 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Don't be one of the many holidaymakers who are paying up to 500% more than they need to.

True cost of public sector pensions 'hidden' from taxpayers

08:57 | 29 Jun 2009 | By Chris Marshall

Public sector pension liabilities now equal £20,000 for every person in the UK.

Saturday papers: other news - State will pay more in social security benefits than it raises in tax

00:01 | 27 Jun 2009 | By Les Ames

Daily Telegraph says Treasury figures show that welfare payments will exceed income tax receipts by almost £25-billion. Normally, income tax receipts comfortably cover the benefits bill

Saturday papers: bid news and gossip - ABN to receive further €2.5-billion bail-out

00:01 | 27 Jun 2009 | By Les Ames

On Friday, the Dutch government said it would inject a further €2.5-billion into ABN Amro, the bank that was bought and split up by a foreign consortium in 2007 but which came into partial Dutch state ownership last year.

Saturday Papers: tips and comment - Rothschild and Freshfields founders had links to slavery

00:01 | 27 Jun 2009 | By Les Ames

Nathan Mayer Rothschild, the banking family’s 19th-century patriarch, and James William Freshfield, founder of Freshfields, the top City law firm, benefited financially from slavery, records from the National Archives show, even though both have often been portrayed as opponents of slavery

Pensioners are earning more - but they're having to work for it

00:01 | 27 Jun 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

State support is decreasing and pensioners are having to be more self reliant.

The saver's dilemma

00:01 | 27 Jun 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Savers must choose whether now is the time to commit to a longer term fixed rate deposit.

Treasury agreed £4m 'success fee' for bankers' advice on Rock run

14:15 | 25 Jun 2009 | By Tony Bonsignore

Affair reveals Treasury's tendency to 'slavishly follow industry practice', parliamentary committee says.

Financial advisers face major reforms

13:07 | 25 Jun 2009 | By Chris Marshall

FSA’s proposals seen as a big step towards a financial system consumers can trust.

Mortgage borrowers rush to fix as rates rise fast

10:03 | 25 Jun 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Many lenders are being swamped with applications as borrowers rush to fix rates, fearing bigger increases to come. 

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