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Why isn't there a special allowance so pensioners on low incomes don't pay tax? STEVE WEBB replies

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I'm confused over what is going on with the state pension and tax once it goes through the tax-free personal allowance.

SMALL CAP IDEA: NextEnergy Solar Fund offers high yield at a discount

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NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) is a London listed investment company that owns solar farms and one battery energy storage system, known as a BESS.

Interactive Investor launches new prices: How do fees compare - and how much will YOU save?

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The investing platform Interactive Investor is updating its pricing, with some groups of customers set to save a good amount of money. Here's how the plans compare - and what you'll get for your fees.

Investment experts reveal the funds they'd stick in their Christmas stockings

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This may be the festive season to focus on stocks and funds that could be the gift that keeps on giving for the rest of 2025 - and beyond into the new year.

Best investment platforms: How to choose the right account for you

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Choosing the right investing platform is crucial but a wealth of choice can leave investors scratching their heads. We pick some of the best.

Zoopla's most viewed homes of 2025 - from a £1.8m estate with tennis court to a tiny studio on the Scottish coast

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Homes in rural spots have soared in popularity this year, with an ordinary three-bed house in west Wales taking the top spot.

Over-confident Londoners 'more likely to crash on countryside roads'

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In a survey of 2,000 motorists, some 38% from the capital have been involved in a collision in the countryside, compared with 23% of the general population.

China's trade surplus tops $1trn for the first time despite US tariff war

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The value of China's trade surplus has topped $1trillion for the first time, despite US President Donald Trump's barrage of tariffs on the world's biggest exporter.

The reckless mistake Rachel Reeves made with savers' pensions - and how she can fix this mess: JEFF PRESTRIDGE

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Evidence has been stacking up confirming the damage that the Chancellor inflicted on the long-term savings plans of hard-working people in the run-up to last month's Budget.

Why doesn't Chancellor raid public sector pensions instead of always coming after private sector workers? STEVE WEBB replies

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Those of us who saved hard risk seeing the rug pulled from under us, being left financially vulnerable. We don't have the luxury of income certainty in retirement

Magnum Ice Cream Company stock market debut after Unilever spin-off

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The Magnum Ice Cream Company has begun trading as an independent company listed in Amsterdam, London and New York.

Cut-price Model Y Standard soon arrives in Britain - will a cheaper version of Tesla's best-selling EV be a hit?

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Tesla has brought its Model Y Standard - a more 'affordable' entry-level version of the SUV - to the UK. It's on sale now, with deliveries expected from February.

More than two fifths of new drivers admit using their phone at the wheel

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Researchers said inexperienced motorists 'struggle to detach themselves' from smart phones, with social media use, texting and video calling 'rife'.

The £30,000 pension timebomb as savers are left to sort their own retirement: RUTH SUNDERLAND

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The notion that millions of people can manage without access to proper financial advice is, frankly, for the birds.

Labour under pressure to delay 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars with EU primed to push back its deadline

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Brussels is reportedly preparing to announce that its ban will be delayed by five years to 2040 - a decade later than Britain's plan to outlaw sales of combustion engine models.

Stop the Cavalry hitmaker Jona Lewie on his royalties… and how he lost £30,000 to Neil Woodford

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Jona is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for his 1980 Christmas hit Stop The Cavalry which sold nearly a million copies in the UK.

Cassettes make a comeback! Have you got one of these albums on tape now worth hundreds of pounds?

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The cassette tape is making a comeback with prices of recent albums sold in the retro format as much as quadrupling in value within weeks of release.

Electric car sales record smallest growth in two years as Rachel Reeves' pay-per-mile tax hits demand

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The deceleration in appetite for new battery cars was triggered by reports emerging ahead of the Budget last month.

Central banks poised to cut interest rates before Christmas

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The Fed is set to cut rates by 0.25 percentage points, while Andrew Bailey's Bank is tipped to lower rates from 4 per cent to 3.75 per cent.

House prices will rise 2.5% next year as East Midlands overtakes London in growth stakes

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A change is underway in the property market as property price growth in the Midlands far outpaces sluggish London, data shows.

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