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COUNCIL tax is a fee that is paid over 10 or 12 months that funds local services. Council tax rates rates are different across the country, being split into bands based on specific locations. These rates will rise in April, with recent research showing that many councils will raise their bills by the maximum amount possible for the coming tax ...

STATE pension is received by everyone in the UK who hits certain eligibility requirements and has sufficient amounts of national insurance contributions. When a person can receive state pension and how much they’ll get depends entirely on the person’s individual qualifying state pension age. There will be a rise in this state pension age next week which will affect thousands. ...

The pound US dollar exchange rate fell by -0.3 percent today, with the pairing currently trading around $ 1.286. Downing Street announced that it was prepared to walk away from a UK-EU trade deal in June if there was a lack of progress. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

A WOMAN in her 20s has shared the simple method she used to help save to buy her first home – and it is one any Briton wanting to get a mortgage can try. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

THE NATIONAL Minimum Wage is set by the Government every year. But will it be going up this year? Daily Express :: Finance Feed

UNIVERSAL Credit and other benefit payments can be affected by the amount of money the claimant has in savings. The Money Advice Service detail that ‘savings’ can constitute such things as cash held in savings accounts or property which is not the main home. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

NS&I ARE primarily known for their premium bonds which offer a lucky few monthly prize draws paying out up to £1 million. On top of their premium bonds however they also offer a range of other products. These include savings accounts, income bonds and ISAs but, as Martin Lewis details, these products across the board are about to face a ...

NATIONAL insurance contributions determine how much money a person will receive from their state pension when they retire. National Insurance is paid over a lifetime and a minimum amount of years will be needed to receive anything at all. Voluntary contributions can be done to top up any shortfalls but there will be costs for this. Daily Express :: Finance ...

THE City of London, and the UK’s financial sector generally, will roar even louder now the shackles of the European Union have been cast off, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has predicted. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

THE POUND euro exchange rate fell by -0.4 percent today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.190 after Michel Barnier, the Eurozone’s chief Brexit negotiator, said that he expects UK-EU trade talks to be “very difficult”. Daily Express :: Finance Feed