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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: How to cut your income tax bill by 20 PER CENT

Today

For income-seekers, venture capital trusts can provide a rich seam of tax-free dividends to complement income from other sources such as pensions and Isas.

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Expect great news on the state pension this week - here's the key detail you must look out for

Today

There should be good news this week about the state pension which will delight those in receipt of it, especially pensioners struggling to cope with the cost of living crisis.

Get Andy Burnham to pay YOU 5.9% on your savings for years: Here's exactly how to cash in on the bond market mayhem - even if you're a beginner

Today

The Government owes a lot of people a lot of money - nearly £3trillion and rising at pace. This financial year alone, Chancellor John Healey is expected to borrow around £115 billion...

Next has gained from the 'Netflix effect' - will it deliver bumper profits again?

Today

Lord Wolfson has grown the company into Britain's biggest High Street clothing retailer, overtaking Marks & Spencer more than a decade ago.

Can my boss stop me setting up my own business in my spare time?

Today

I want to start my own business in my own time, while still doing my full-time job. It won't directly compete with my firm's line of work. Do I need to tell my boss and could they stop me?

Backlash grows against Labour's 'incoherent' reporting reforms

Today

Labour's plans to water down reporting rules for shareholder-owned firms have been condemned as 'incoherent' and showing 'a lack of joined-up thinking', it was claimed last night.

A bond rout could blow a huge hole in the UK's finances and repeat 1976, warns Hamish McRae

Today

Government bond yields are only back to normality - and they may go much higher. That's bad news when the UK spends £110bn on debt interest a year.

Iceland boss and ex-Labour cost of living czar tells Chancellor: Please stop squeezing business dry!

Today

Once a Conservative supporter, Walker switched allegiance to Labour in 2024.

Half of UK councils have no residential street chargers for electric car owners without driveways

Today

Over half of councils in the UK still don't offer any on-street EV charging, damning new research has found.

Riverford founder: Why I ditched management consultancy to farm 3 acres of organic veg in the 1980s

Yesterday

We speak to Guy Singh-Watson, who tells us how he started and grew his organic veg box company Riverford, in our new How We Built It series.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: I turned down £500,000 to front a TV ad campaign, it sounded rather boring

Yesterday

The flamboyant 61-year-old has since appeared in everything from The Weakest Link to Interior Design Masters. He reveals all to Me & My Money.

Bank of England boss urged to pause bond sales costing UK taxpayers £100bn

Yesterday

The Treasury has to cover these losses, adding to the Government's near-£3trillion debt burden and an extra headache for Chancellor John Healey.

VW ID.Polo driven: Can this electric car carry the weight of one of Volkswagen's most iconic names?

Yesterday

With half a century of heritage to uphold, can this small EV really capture the essence of one of the best-selling superminis in history? Daily Mail motoring editor Rob Hull finds out.

What would it take for you to retire early and would you want to? This is Money Podcast

Yesterday

Is it realistic, what do you gain and what do you give up with early retirement? Plus, inflation, landlord registers and trading card mania

Can we force council to trim back willow trees overhanging our garden?

Yesterday

The willow trees are now left to grow out of control and are overhanging and shadowing our garden.

Mums can fill in free and simple form for extra state pension... and avoid giving up to 40% to claims management firms

Yesterday

'We encourage anyone who thinks they're missing Home Responsibilities Protection to check if they're eligible using our online tool,' says an HMRC spokesman.

Stamp duty is choking the market as buyers delay moves until after the Budget, warns housebuilder

Friday

Berkeley Group said 'far more tax revenue is being lost through depressed activity than is being gained through SDLT on new build homes as set out by HMRC's own assessment'.

As luxury stocks slump, is it time to buy M&S or Next shares instead?

Friday

Shares in companies like the iconic British brand Burberry and LVMH, luxe's most powerful player, have fallen out of vogue, declining further in recent days.

Fed chief under pressure to defy Trump with interest rate hike as soaring oil price threatens fresh inflation shock

Friday

The head of the Federal Reserve is on collision course with Donald Trump after US inflation figures piled pressure on the central bank to defy the President and hike interest rates.

Gruffalo Granny hailed as 'children's book of the year' as it flies off the shelves following release this week

Friday

Gruffalo Granny has been hailed as 'children's book of the year' as it flies off the shelves following its release this week.

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