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Car engines are 29% more powerful than 30 years ago despite shrinking sizes

Today

Carmakers are squeezing more horsepower out of ever-shrinking engines so the average power output today matches many legendary performance cars of the past.

I'll retire at 50 thanks to these savings strategies. Two years ago I only had £5,000 and now I'm on track for a £3million pension pot. No matter your age, there are ways you can buy yourself a few extra years of retirement

Today

Two years ago CJ, a tech consultant, had just £5,000 in savings. But a financial wake-up call sent him on a path of extreme saving to achieve 'financial independence'.

Labour is killing aspiration and placing a block on recruitment, say small business owners on Healey's home patch days before the Budget

Today

The displays may be colourful but the pre-Budget mood is bleak at a garden centre in Chancellor John Healey's Yorkshire constituency.

Singing for Bryan Ferry, Mick Jagger and Culture Club pays more than making my own albums, says Ruby Turner MBE

Today

Ruby Turner MBE is a singer who has toured with Jools Holland's Rhythm & Blues Orchestra for more than 30 years.

Donald Trump will be humiliated within days, but the midterm elections will be good news for share prices, says HAMISH MCRAE

Today

Everyone in the capital here is preoccupied with the outcome of the midterm elections, now just nine days away.

Chancellor set for extra £70bn borrowing binge as welfare and debt costs rise

Today

John Healey is expected to deliver a 'do no harm' package of limited tax hikes for banks, and cost-of-living support for families and firms.

I know that even Labour agrees the tax burden is too high, says small business champion Craig Beaumont

Today

Craig Beaumont has been spending a lot of time in Downing Street. 'I was in with the Chancellor asking about the Budget and with the Prime Minister,' says the executive director of the FSB.

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: 432,000 Waspi women have died without the pension compensation they deserve. Labour has betrayed them. Now Burnham must come clean about what he's ACTUALLY going to do for them

Today

Will the Budget provide a glimmer of hope for those 3.5 million women given inadequate notice of increases to their state pension age? Probably not given the parlous state of the Government's finances

Giving your child your house early to beat inheritance tax could leave them WORSE off. These are the hidden pitfalls you need to consider

Yesterday

I'm worried my son will have a large tax bill to pay when he inherits my home. I've heard gifts made more than seven years before someone's death are free of inheritance tax - can I gift him my home?

My landlady lives in the flat below and complains when we talk or put on the washing machine in the evening - what can I do?

Yesterday

I have been renting an upstairs flat in a house for a few years and my landlady lives in the downstairs flat. We really like where we live but the landlady is making it difficult for us.

What could be in Burnham and Healey's Budget and what tax rises are on the cards?

Yesterday

We examine which taxes are likely to rise, which have been ruled out and whether Healey might reverse some of Labour's most unpopular policies.

John Healey must once again grasp that national security is paramount, ALEX BRUMMER says

Yesterday

Britain has tumbled down the Nato league table of military spenders. The US outlays ten times more than the UK and treasures rather than waves goodbye to suppliers with the best tech.

Barclays on bid alert as it is dubbed 'the cheapest bank in the world' amid cost-cutting drive and job cuts

Yesterday

Barclays, which is axing 5,000 roles at the end of a three-year cost-cutting drive, has fallen out of favour with investors amid doubts about its strategy and disappointing third-quarter results.

Rolls-Royce closes in on engine deal which would support thousands of jobs

Yesterday

The Mail understands hopes are rising that talks - which stalled earlier this year after Sir Keir Starmer was ousted as Prime Minister - could conclude within days, supporting thousands of jobs.

How luxury brands can rise from the ruins of the riots in Paris and why you should consider buying shares when others are fearful

Yesterday

This week's images of torched and looted upmarket Paris boutiques present a dilemma for those who invest in luxury goods companies.

Fraudsters expected to pounce on bad weather and offer urgent home 'repairs', warns major bank

Yesterday

Homeowners are at risk of being swindled by fraudsters pouncing on upcoming storms and bad weather, a major high street bank warns.

Small shops pushed to stock new products to prop up sales as costs mount ahead of the Budget

Yesterday

Small retailers are banking on new products to boost sales as rising costs and weaker consumer spending pile pressure on firms ahead of the Budget.

Range Rover Electric driven: The best Range Rover yet - but will cash-rich, time-poor customers buy it?

Friday

It's being billing as the most accomplished Range Rover. And so it should be, given its elevated starting price of £154,070. I've been among the first to drive it extensively on and off road.

Nationwide hikes rates on fixed-rate savings accounts and cash Isas to as much as 5%

Friday

Cash savers are seeing very strong rates at the moment, and the building society is only the latest provider to hike rates. How do they compare with the top deals?

Almost half of landlords put up rent in last year - and most of those that did earned £100,000 or more

Friday

Almost half of landlords put up their tenants' rent last year, research shows - and the majority of those who did earned £100,000 or more per year.

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