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The seven financial steps EVERY woman should have taken by her 50s: Our experts reveal how to secure a rich and enviable future - and how to catch up if you've fallen behind

Yesterday

Women usually take the lead in household finances, paying bills and drawing up a budget, but research shows we are still at risk when major midlife changes strike.

Moving in with your partner? These are the new rules that mean they could demand YOUR savings if you split up. This is how you can protect yourself

Yesterday

Couples who live together to share the bills or who never intended to build a lifelong relationship could have a claim on each other's wealth when they move apart, lawyers have revealed.

Andy Burnham's Manchester tailor sews up spot on Savile Row

Yesterday

Private White VC, founded by James Eden (pictured) counts Sir David Beckham, the King of Spain, Robert De Niro and Daniel Craig as customers.

Haircare boom as customers suffering hair loss from fat jabs seek to revive their locks

Yesterday

The surge in demand for restorative haircare and the 'lipstick effect' are boosting sales at cosmetics giant L'Oreal and others.

Previous governments' dud deals with Chinese leave taxpayers on hook for up to £4billion

Yesterday

The money has had to be spent on the bailout of British Steel and cost of removing Chinese firms from strategic nuclear and communications deals.

Best paid FTSE 100 bosses revealed as top earners could smash through £20M

Yesterday

Boardroom pay has risen steadily since the pandemic, while real wage growth more broadly has flatlined.

Opera legend Lesley Garrett: I have three pensions but won't touch them until I hang up my tonsils!

Yesterday

The former principal soprano at the English National Opera has wowed audiences in a range of productions.

Yesterday

Based on the latest year-to-date figures SMMT, we've ranked Chinese carmakers by market share to see which has secured the largest slice of the UK automotive pie.

Stop burying us in corporate guff: The surprise verdict of Britain's audit watchdog

Yesterday

The more boards are in a defensive posture box-ticking, the less they are thinking about innovation and growth, says Financial Reporting Council CEO Richard Moriarty.

Hamish McRae: Why Britain's FTSE giants find it so hard to crack America

Yesterday

From Tesco's Fresh & Easy adventure, to HSBC and M&S's ambitions and giant mergers, making it big in the US is not easy, hence market disdain for AstraZeneca's idea.

How Birmingham wants Andy Burnham to help it become Britain's new boom city

Yesterday

Britain's second city must promote itself better to reap the 'phenomenal' prize on offer, says West Midlands mayor Richard Parker.

How some pensions could soon be taxed at 91% on death - what you can do to protect yours

Yesterday

A tax 'blind spot' means bereaved families could be stripped of hundreds of thousands of pounds more from inheritances, according to calculations by financial services company NFU Mutual.

What I fear Burnham will tax to fix the care crisis: JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Saturday

Solving the country's care crisis is one of Burnham's overriding missions. Though he has skin in the game - his father is battling Alzheimer's - I give the PM little chance of succeeding.

Seven UK company shares to pick for lavish dividend payouts

Saturday

When the Dutch East India Company began sailing to Asia, voyages were risky and expensive - expeditions needed money and investors were not always easy to find.

How unloved UK property trusts quietly became a hot summer investment

Saturday

Big US investors snapping them up on the cheap have started a Real estate investment trusts revival. We explain how to profit from Reits.

Britain's worst areas for potholes mapped as drivers now face £3.3bn annual repair bill

Saturday

There are thought to be over a million potholes in the UK and every time they're bashed, drivers lose £341 on average in damages.

Lepas L8 review: The premium Chinese SUV at a family-friendly price - but can it stand out from the crowd?

Saturday

Is there really room in the already-congested family SUV segment for another Chinese SUV to blossom? Freda Lewis-Stempel has driven the Lepas L8 to find out...

New flats on our estate mean we no longer have a parking space or communal grounds - what are our rights as leaseholders?

Saturday

The development comprises 20 starter-home flats and replaced 10 parking spaces, seven garages, and communal open space including grassed areas, trees, and hedges.

Alex Brummer: More borrowing will be a disaster for Britain, we need to cut spending instead

Saturday

it comes as a blow to find out that in the early run-up to the Budget, John Healey is looking at ways of stretching an already overwrought Government balance sheet

How 22 savers scooped the £1M Premium Bonds top prize within 100 days

Saturday

Each month, millions of Britons eagerly check Premium Bonds results in the faint hope they may have scooped a big prize.

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