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Lowest fixed rate mortgages go above 4.5% as NatWest hikes prices

Today

It is the second time in less than a week that the high street bank has increased its rates, and will mean that some of the lowest rates on the market now vanish.

This little-known Premium Bonds alternative offers a £250,000 prize - but what are the odds of winning?

Today

We run the rule over how savers can qualify for the prize draw, how likely they are to win and what to watch out for in the small print.

Beat Billmageddon: From council tax to broadband, costs are set to soar - here's how to save up to £1,641

Today

Dark financial clouds are gathering as the conflict in the Middle East threatens to hit British households with higher prices on everything from energy bills and petrol to food and mortgage rates.

Expats face paying four times more in NI to build their UK state pension

Today

Swathes of expats living and working overseas face a major change to the way they can become eligible for a full UK state pension from next month.

Accounting giant KPMG axes hundreds of jobs as it grapples to slash costs

Yesterday

Some 590 roles 'at risk' in the firm's audit division include 440 assistant managers, staff were told on a call late last week, according to the Financial Times.

Debenhams upgrades profits forecast in sign turnaround is gathering pace

Yesterday

The online retailer, where Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall, pictured, fronts a fashion campaign, changed its name from Boohoo last year.

IMF warns UK faces gas shock just like 2022 as gilts suffer worst month since Liz Truss's disastrous mini-Budget

Yesterday

As oil prices surged again, the IMF said in a blog post that in Europe the impact of the Iran war was 'reviving the spectre of the 2021-22 gas crisis'.

Digital tax timebomb set to rock British exports after the collapse of global trade talks

Yesterday

Firms could eventually have to pay duties to send goods and services electronically overseas after a WTO meeting broke up over the weekend.

Mounjaro fat jab maker Eli Lilly calls for NHS price hikes in return for resuming investment in the UK

Yesterday

Patrik Jonsson, president of the US pharmaceutical giant's international businesses, said that it has been in talks with UK ministers.

Motoring towards payouts for the car finance scandal - but have any lessons been learned? ALEX BRUMMER

Yesterday

There will hardly be much cause for celebration at Lloyds, Close Brothers and other motor industry lenders caught up in the car finance scandal.

Church of England investment chief steps down after less than a year in blow to new Archbishop of Canterbury

Yesterday

John Worth's departure as chief exec of the Church Commissioners for England is a blow to new Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mulally (pictured).

Millions of drivers will get an average of £829 payouts in car finance compensation

Yesterday

The Financial Conduct Authority said 12million deals would be subject to the payouts as it revealed final details of the multi-billion pound scheme.

British steel furnaces left stranded in China as shipping costs soar

Yesterday

Delivery of one of the world's largest electric arc furnaces has been delayed by the Iran war.

UK 'especially exposed' to 2022 style gas shock, IMF warns - as gilts head for worst month since Truss

Yesterday

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Britain's economy is especially exposed to an energy shock similar to that experienced in 2022 as turmoil in the Middle East deepens.

Plan to fix state pension child benefit mess pushed back: Mums must wait until 2027 to apply for lost NI credits

Yesterday

Delay dubbed 'deeply frustrating' by former Pensions Minister Steve Webb, who campaigned with This is Money to stop mums losing out on state pension.

MURRAY INCOME TRUST: New managers stick with winning formula

Yesterday

The Artemis team, comprising managers Andy Marsh, Nick Shenton, and Adrian Frost, comes with a bucketload of experience in the UK stock market.

The simple hacks that can turbocharge your state pension by an extra £10,000 a year for life

Yesterday

While Geoff Exton travelled the world for his job as a power station engineer, he never paid much attention to his future state pension.

Nissan angers drivers by deactivating EV app leaving tens of thousands of Leaf owners fearing their cars will become redundant

Yesterday

Drivers of pre-2019 EVs will not be able to remotely control battery charging, pre-heating functions, and some map functions in a major blow.

Iran conflict fires up demand for new generation of remote-controlled weaponry

Yesterday

Since war erupted in Iran, Jon Parker, the boss of British drone maker Flyby, has rarely enjoyed a quiet moment.

Landlord mortgage rates soar to highest level in two years... and renters could bear the brunt

Yesterday

The typical five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage has risen sharply since the conflict in Iran began, according to rates scrutineer Moneyfacts.

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