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Why are mortgage rates coming down? SIMON LAMBERT reveals why now could be the moment to remortgage

Today

The end of the year has brought good news for our finances. There's a mortgage price war going on.

Labour accused of 'shocking' lack of understanding of business

Today

The head of the CBI has accused Labour of a 'shocking' lack of understanding of business.

How YOU can get a loved one's care fees paid for by the NHS without selling their home. Lorraine got £200,000 after 'living nightmare'. Now experts reveal what to do - and exact form of words to use

Today

The NHS offers full funding for people requiring 'continuing healthcare' with complex care needs.

Car buyer demand for petrol and diesel bounces back as EVs took a walloping even before Rachel Reeves' pay-per-mile tax

Today

In a poll of UK motorists intending to purchase a new car in the next 24 months, 41% said their preference would be petrol or diesel, while just 19% would choose electric.

Badminton star GAIL EMMS: I won an Olympic medal, a decade later I had just 23p in the bank

Today

The 48-year-old hung up her racket in 2008 and has gone into coaching, commentating, media and motivational speaking.

MG S6 EV is the latest electric family SUV - does it feel premium or forgettable in a mass of Chinese rivals?

Today

MG has launched a more premium, slightly more expensive large family SUV. The S6 EV has a range of 329 miles and costs from just under £38k. Is it a step up for MG buyers?

Hot streak! M&S will sell 20 mens jumpers a minute in the run-up to Christmas

Today

Marks & Spencer is already the leader in men's knitwear with an 18 per cent slice of the market.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: UK counting high cost of our wasted youth

Today

Around 3m young people are economically inactive - a third higher than 20 years ago - if students are counted.

'A Nightmare before Christmas': Hospitality is being crushed by Labour's botched business rates reform, says industry chief

Today

Christmas should be a time of cheer, but last month's Budget has instead left hospitality businesses at their wits' end worrying about the looming business rates car crash.

My wife has ten pension pots, how can she sort them out? STEVE WEBB replies

Today

Due to various contract roles over the years, she has numerous pensions with different providers scattered around and doesn't have a record of all of them.

Mortgage lending to grow by just 2% next year, say banks

Today

UK Finance, which represents banks and building societies, predicts loans for house purchases will rise to £180billion - a dramatic slowdown from 22 per cent growth this year.

Property market bounce after the Budget gloom: Market heats up ahead of Boxing Day surge

Today

The housing market is rebounding after getting stuck in the Budget doldrums and is set to enter the new year firing on all cylinders, property experts say.

RAY MASSEY: Citroen's C5 Aircross SUV is a match for the worst potholes

Yesterday

The reason it is so effective against rough roads is down to a suspension system designed specifically to absorb road imperfections and deliver a smooth, cushioned ride.

Hospitality bosses 'at wits' end' over Labour reforms

Yesterday

In a stinging rebuke to Rachel Reeves, the boss of UKHospitality said firms are increasingly concerned about the looming business rates car crash.

Taxpayers losing £1m a day on British Steel

Yesterday

Trade body UK Steel has already said the situation poses an 'existential threat' to the industry.

The great stock market paradox as rising unemployment boosts share prices: HAMISH MCRAE

Yesterday

A softer jobs market leads to cheaper money as central banks try to offset rising unemployment by cutting interest rates .

How to cash in as big-money takeovers swarm showbusiness

Yesterday

If you want to profit, here are the names to watch. Grab the popcorn and settle down, it could be a bumpy ride - but it will also be thrilling.

UTILICO EMERGING MARKETS TRUST is fast becoming a dividends hero

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The trust's success has seen it join the FTSE250 - and being classified as an early stage 'dividend hero' for increasing income payments to shareholders every year for the past decade.

Are you a 'ROGER'? Sky-high nursery fees see grandparents sell their homes to help out their family

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An estate agent has pinpointed a new trend known as the 'Roger' - a parent of a small child who is 'reliant on grandparents and equity release' to make ends meet.

A recession would be the Chancellor's fault, says MAGGIE PAGANO

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There is a way forward, but that would require the Chancellor tearing up all her damaging fiscal policies from last year and, indeed, pulling apart many of those of her Tory predecessors.

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