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The expert guide to protecting your pension, property and savings from Labour's grasp - This Is Money guru Simon Lambert answers your questions in our special Budget Q&A

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Simon Lambert answers all of YOUR questions about the Budget.

'I wish I'd never bought an EV': Drivers' fury at new pay-per-mile tax that forces them to report to MOT stations every year

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Rachel Reeves used her Budget to confirm the Treasury's controversial road pricing plans in order to claw back lost fuel duty revenue as a result of drivers moving to EVs.

Best Black Friday TV and broadband deals that could save you money - including unmissable switch offers

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We've picked out top TV and broadband deals currently available below, including specific Black Friday offers.

Minimum wage graduates could make student loan repayments by 2030 after Budget threshold freeze

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The Chancellor froze student loan repayment thresholds until 2030 on plan 2, meaning more low earners will start repaying 9% of their salary sooner.

Britain's biggest stealth tax to cost families £340BILLION with more than 10million paying higher rates

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Rachel Reeves this week extended the freeze on income tax thresholds for another three years to help fund extra spending on benefits - hitting millions of working people in the process.

Five major flaws of the pay-per-mile tax on EVs: Motoring editor ROB HULL on the Budget bombshell

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Having scrutinised the consultation document on eVED, I've identified five huge problems the Government faces when it intends to levy pay-per-mile taxation on EVs from 2028...

Savers are now protected up to £120,000 if their bank fails... so are savings platforms a thing of the past?

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Cash platforms were envisioned as an easy way for savers to split larger sums of cash between savings accounts - is that no longer needed?

Scam hunter Nick Stapleton reveals the terrifying new AI tactics fraudsters are using this Black Friday

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Fraudsters are gearing up for a scam bonanza in the month leading up to Christmas as shoppers eye up bargains to nab at a discount this Black Friday.

Pay-per-mile tax for electric cars from 2028 CONFIRMED in the Budget: EV owners tell us how it will hit them

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Electric vehicles will be subject to a mileage-based charge from April 2028 in a move that's been slammed by the motoring industry as 'confusing'.

Bereaved families face higher inheritance tax bills as thresholds are now frozen until 2031

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The Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that the proportion of estates paying IHT will double to 10% by 2030.

I earn £93,000 and salary sacrifice £620 a month in my pension, what will the cap cost me?

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In the Budget the Chancellor announced a future restriction on the National Insurance benefit of salary sacrifice pension contributions. Here's what you need to know.

Budget crushes salary sacrifice in a blow to pension savers, what will it cost YOU?

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Salary sacrifice schemes allow workers to take a supposed 'pay cut', with the money paid into their pension or put towards some other benefit like childcare instead.

Lifetime Isa rates hiked as high as 4.69%: With the accounts set to be scrapped should you open one NOW?

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As part of the Budget, the Government has confirmed that changes to the lifetime Isa are on the horizon. At the same time, two lifetime Isa providers have been locked in a battle to offer the top rate.

Truth about Temu: The 'bargains' that are CHEAPER elsewhere, how to find them, when is really best to buy and how to sort the treasures from the tat revealed by experts

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From 'lightning deals' to 'super deals' and 'bulk saver hubs', shoppers who visit the websites of Chinese retail giants AliExpress, Temu or Shein this week are bombarded with Black Friday adverts.

Budget blow to salary sacrifice schemes will add more pain to private sector pensions

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Experts say the move could dent savers' retirement pots and lead companies to cut back on contributions.

OBR boss says he will RESIGN if he loses Chancellor's confidence over Budget leak fiasco

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Richard Hughes said he was 'personally mortified' after the OBR's Budget assessment was made public before Rachel Reeves addressed the Commons.

Budget hit to private investment won't help Britain's ambition to become a tech powerhouse, says ALEX BRUMMER

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By luck or judgement, the choice of America's Thanksgiving holiday season for the Budget delivered a favour for the Chancellor.

Betting giants say Budget tax raid will hurt jobs, close bookies and boost black market

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Britain's biggest gambling firms have warned the Budget tax raid on the sector will cost jobs, close high street bookies and strengthen illegal black market operators.

Fuel duty frozen and 5p cut extended as Chancellor spares drivers for now - but 'staged hikes' will come from September

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Fuel duty will remain frozen for a 15th consecutive year and the 'temporary' 5p cut to the tax on petrol and diesel will be extended.

Will the mansion tax lead to a full shake-up of council tax and lead to you paying more?

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Ali Bogle and husband Angus renovated a dilapidated house (pictured) in East Sussex and say the mansion tax will wreck their retirement plans.

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