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Cost of employing young people up by three times the rate of inflation under Labour - causing jobs slump

Today

Higher taxes and sharp increases in the minimum wage mean that taking on a worker aged 21 and over costs 20 per cent more. For 18-to-20 year-olds, the cost is up by 31 per cent.

House prices to fall 1.5% next year before typical growth of £62,000 by 2031, upmarket estate agent predicts

Today

The prolonged war across the Middle East has 'delayed' mortgage-rate relief for borrowers, Savills said.

British Gas owes me £1,264 credit, but is taking 18 months to return it: SALLY SORTS IT

Yesterday

I have been trying to recover the credit I had with Rebel Energy for nearly 18 months, after the supplier closed. My balance of £1,264 was transferred to British Gas.

I came out of retirement to travel the world and get paid for it! Use our seven-step plan to switch careers in later life

Yesterday

Jetting around the world as an airline steward keeps Tim Bott, 62, (pictured) feeling energetic - at an age he once thought would be spent with his feet up in retirement.

Why Labour's surprise pension plan could hand you an income for life - but slash your family's inheritance

Yesterday

Workplace pensions are in for a huge shake-up that will change the way pensioners are paid each year under the plans for a so-called 'guided retirement'.

NS&I is falling short and needs more savers - but that's good news for your Premium Bonds, says SYLVIA MORRIS

Yesterday

The chance of winning a Premium Bond prize has risen in recent months - but there may be even better to come as we hit a huge milestone for Premium Bonds.

My neighbour's bonfires set off my asthma - but he refuses to stop them. Can I legally force him? DEAN DUNHAM replies

Yesterday

Our neighbour's bonfires set off my asthma every year. I've told him, but he hasn't stopped. Can I force him to?

Singer sets the bear market alarm bells ringing on Wall Street - it's time to listen, says MAGGIE PAGANO

Yesterday

Paul Elliott Singer is one of Wall Street's toughest money managers, running one of the world's most successful hedge funds with £60bn of assets under its belt.

Best cash Isa savings rates: Easy access and fixed deals in our tables

Yesterday

This is Money's best cash Isa tables are updated as new deals arrive and highlight the top easy access and fixed rate Isas from banks and building societies.

What happens if YOUR savings vanish into thin air: After last week's £4.7bn crypto heist, experts warn our money guru that no bank is totally safe from attack. You must protect your money NOW

Yesterday

Call me old-fashioned, but I've never fancied cryptocurrencies as an investment. Even less so after the hacking of crypto platform Binance late last week.

The five reasons your efforts to budget are failing: Here's how YOU can stop constantly overspending with easy steps that will genuinely put more cash in your pocket: RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS

Yesterday

You set a budget, carefully track your outgoings and cut back where you can - but STILL find you overspend and feel out of control. Sound familiar?

Primark confirms plans to launch home delivery - but not until the end of 2027

Yesterday

Primark confirmed it will launch home delivery at the end of next year in a bid to reassure potential investors over the spin-off from its owner.

Jeremy Clarkson's 1996 Ferrari he described as 'the greatest car in the world, ever' set to sell for £250,000

Yesterday

Despite waxing lyrical about its engine and showering praise on its road manners, the petrolhead-turned-farmer kept it for only four years before giving it away as a competition prize.

Nationwide, Barclays and Halifax cut mortgage rates despite Bank of England set to raise interest rates this week

Yesterday

Banks are being forced to compete harder for customers, as the housing market remains sluggish and higher rates put people off moving home.

Nationwide launches best buy fixed-rate savings deal - is it worth opening?

Yesterday

The deal comes as Nationwide reveals that three fifths of bank and building society customers believe better savings rates are only being offered to new customers.

Forget FOMO: Hedge fund tycoon warns of FOGO - fear of getting obliterated - as worries over stock market crash mount

Yesterday

One of the world's top hedge funds has warned that a stock market slump could see 'fear of missing out' (FOMO) replaced by FOGO - 'fear of getting obliterated'.

Jaecoo's Chinese owner Chery wants to 'be a British brand' as it looks to build on stellar UK sales

Yesterday

Chery Automobile chairman Yin Tongyue said: 'In the future, I really want to have products designed in the UK, engineered in the UK and produced in the UK, to sell worldwide.'

Asda hires supermarket boss who sold Morrisons to private equity

Yesterday

After a long search for a new chief executive, Britain's third largest grocer said that David Potts has joined the ailing firm with immediate effect.

UK investors set to be offered shares in Anthropic's stock market debut - but could face SpaceX-style scramble

Yesterday

The historic stock market debut of tech titan Anthropic could happen as early as next week, according to rumours circulating in stock markets. 

Britain's surging debt interest bill drives living standards 'catastrophe' as taxpayers pick up the tab, MPs told

Yesterday

Britain's surging debt interest bill has helped drive a 'catastrophic' squeeze on living standards as the burden is piled onto taxpayers, the head of a leading think-tank has warned.