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Hargreaves Lansdown offers to pay up to £8,000 cashback as it shakes up fees

Today

The investment platform has introduced a cashback deal for tax-year end, with the new pricing structure landing slap bang in the middle of the promotion. Should you sign up?

Steve Webb's greatest columns of the past decade: The best advice he has given This is Money readers

Today

Today we look back at some of Steve's classic columns - read about Lamborghinis, child benefit, marriage in your 70s, state pension blunders, and much more...

Barclays will pay you up to £1,000 to open a Premier account and switch your cash Isa

Today

Customers who switch to a Barclays Premier account through the Current Account Switch Service (Cass) will receive a £400 cash sweetener.

I spent £50 successfully proving my parking ticket was unfair. Can I get my expenses back? DEAN DUNHAM replies

Yesterday

A local council sent me a penalty charge notice for parking outside a pub. I disputed it and the council eventually conceded that I shouldn't have been charged.

John Lewis credit card shoppers hit by late fees because bills didn't arrive until AFTER the due date

Yesterday

It is the latest fiasco for John Lewis ­Partnership credit card customers to contend with after provider NewDay took over its running in 2022.

My husband died three years ago but I still haven't got his £17,000 pension: SALLY SORTS IT

Yesterday

My husband worked for the Department for Work and Pensions for over 30 years but died nearly three years ago. I applied for his civil service pension.

Beat the car salesman: Biggest discounts available on the best-selling models revealed

Yesterday

Few of us enjoy haggling, let alone with a car salesman to get the best deal on a new motor. But what if you knew exactly how much they were willing to come down on price?

Labour's jobless shambles: Starmer and Reeves are pricing the young out of work - and pushing firms to replace them with AI, warns MAGGIE PAGANO

Yesterday

Since Labour came to power, the economy has flat-lined at best, GDP per capita is down, the country's wealthiest and smartest are leaving in droves.

Holiday Inn bets on the World Cup to boost business in the United States

Yesterday

Holiday Inn's owner IHG said it expects 'less-turbulent' trading conditions in the US this year as the tournament adds 'additional demand'.

Coleen's protein payday as Applied Nutrition sales soar 57% to £47.6m in just six months

Yesterday

Coleen Rooney (pictured with husband, ex-footballer Wayne Rooney) doubled her investment in the protein-powder and supplement firm last week.

M&S chief Stuart Machin sells £600k of shares after steering the High Street chain through a successful turnaround

Yesterday

Stuart Machin, pictured, sold 150,000 shares at a price of £4.04 each. He was last recorded as owning shares worth more than £7m.

Sterling rocked by Labour jobs crisis: Pound slips below $1.35 as youth unemployment soars

Yesterday

Investors dumped the pound as Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) warned that a 'lost generation' of young people face spending 'a lifetime of benefits'.

Labour isn't working: Starmer and Reeves warned a 'lost generation' faces a 'lifetime on benefits' as youth unemployment soars

Yesterday

Youth unemployment now stands at 16.1 per cent as tax hikes and inflation-busting increases to the minimum wage deter firms from taking on young workers.

Figures which lay bare EXACTLY how much banks are ripping you off - and what they should be paying YOU instead: SYLVIA MORRIS

Yesterday

High street banks are taking savers for a ride - I've unearthed figures that reveal exactly what banks should be offering you - if they weren't prioritising boosting their own bumper profits instead.

My humbling week trying to survive on the paltry £230 state pension - how I made the money last

Yesterday

Some 1.2million people survive on the state pension with little or no other savings - and they are among the 13.1million who rely on it to support their income.

British banks plan network to rival Visa and Mastercard amid fears Trump could switch off payments

Yesterday

The meeting, chaired by Barclays UK boss Vim Maru, will bring together City figures who will fund a national payments company.

Most applied for jobs in Britain... and 10 top CV tips to get ahead of the competition

Yesterday

Jobs it IT are attracting the highest number of applicants per vacancy, new research shows. It's vital to get your CV right and tailor it properly.

We've been hung out to dry on student loans: LUCY EVANS on her generation charged more than others

Yesterday

When I finally plucked up courage to check the balance on my student loan last week, I was horrified.

Bleak jobs figures boost chances of a Bank of England rate cut in March

Yesterday

A fresh set of bleak jobs data published this morning will increase the chances of a rate cut at the Bank of England's next meeting, say economists.