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Here's exactly how much inheritance YOU need to retire early, the tricks to use so you NEVER run out of money and how to avoid tax headaches

Today

An inheritance is likely to be the biggest windfall ever to drop into your bank account - one that could change your life. But most of us don't plan too carefully for what we'd do with it.

The priciest places to live in the UK: See how your cost of living compares

Yesterday

Households across the UK are feeling the pinch as rising interest rates, sky-high inflation and economic uncertainty have taken their toll on the country's finances.

I juggled a responsible job at a GP's surgery with raising two children alone. Sniffing cocaine when they went to bed was like my glass of wine in the evening. Then my youngest son said something that shamed me

Yesterday

Abby House spent up to £700 a month on cocaine and codeine and racked up close to £30,000 in debt.

Brave investors have beaten doom-mongers this year: HAMISH MCRAE

Yesterday

If you had known there would be a war in the Middle East and the oil price going to well over $100 a barrel, what would you have expected to happen to shares?

As the US parties, should you back its superstar stock market or shake it off?

Yesterday

The Dow Jones index of 30 stocks got into the party mood, closing above 52,000 for the first time thanks to its latest member, Alphabet.

Yesterday

While you need to be careful not to spend money you can't afford, credit cards can be a powerful weapon in your financial armoury if used wisely.

The best buy-to-let mortgage rates for landlords: Should they fix or risk a tracker?

Yesterday

We highlight some of the best deals available to buy-to-let landlords. Please note, these rates were the best deals sourced as of 2 July 2026.

Hargreaves Lansdown launches cash Isa paying table-topping 4.3% - should you sign up?

Yesterday

Hargreaves Lansdown is best known as an investing platform, but it also offers a cash Isa. This new rate makes it a best-buy.

I went on a lads holiday to Kyrgyzstan - my unusual trip choice saved us money, says JAMIE BOYS

Yesterday

While you may not have even heard of it, millions are now heading to the landlocked nation some dub the 'Switzerland of Central Asia'.

We're worried a neighbour will buy the paved council-owned land near the bottom of our garden and build on it - what are our options?

Yesterday

Do you have any advice on any other action we can take and can we ask the council to impose any conditions, regarding use, should the sale go through?

How to squeeze the most out of your work pension

Yesterday

Auto enrolment into work pensions takes the hassle out of saving for retirement, but you could be missing a trick or two by not looking any further than that.

Inside the 100-year-old Derby hangar behind Rolls-Royce's engine revival

Yesterday

Derby's sprawling Rolls-Royce campus, employing 15,000 people, has been at the cutting edge of British industry for more than a century.

Author Sophie Hannah: I made millions on a start-up thanks to my daughter's singing teacher

Yesterday

Sophie Hannah is an author best known for her psychological crime novels, such as Haven't They Grown.

City traders in £7bn bet against the pound in Andy Burnham's Britain

Yesterday

In a blow to Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham, speculators are ramping up sell positions in the expectation that sterling will fall against the dollar.

Interview: Even I need lessons to master AI and I'm one of Google's bosses, says Kate Alessi

Yesterday

Everyone in Britain seems to be struggling to find the time to keep up with AI - and that includes the boss of Google.

SpaceX eyes an an index fund boost as it lands in Nasdaq 100

Yesterday

Millions of ordinary investors are set to become indirect owners of SpaceX shares next week.

FTSE giants drive to pay millionaire bosses more as pay revolts halve

Yesterday

It comes as leading firms look to boost how much their chief executives can be paid as they compete in what they say is an increasingly international market for top executives.

Disney's £43m Shanghai surprise amid lucrative deal with the Chinese government

Yesterday

Disney banked its biggest-ever profit payout from a non-US theme park last year as part of a lucrative deal with the Chinese government, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Here's who Burnham will target for tax raids. I'm petrified, warns JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Saturday

It won't be long before Burnham is this country's Prime Minister. Like me, I imagine you're not as titillated as Labour MPs are about the prospect of Burnham at the helm - and rightly so. I'm petrified.

ALEX BRUMMER: There are healthy signs the Supreme Court is not totally capitulating to Trump

Saturday

Today, July 4, as America commemorates its 250th birthday, there are healthy signs that the Supreme Court is not totally capitulating to Trump.

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