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  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Lasting Power of Attorney: questions of trust

    Attorneys should require full disclosure and it should be an offence to gloss over past misdeeds

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Could your bank account be frozen?

    750,000 customers lost access to their money in one financial year

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
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    Lasting Power of Attorney reforms cannot come soon enough

    The system is mired in old-fashioned pen and paper bureaucracy

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
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    Energy bills recharge the case for solar panels

    Installation could cut annual electricity bills by £600

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    Navigating delays in portfolio transfers

    Platforms working to cut holds-ups as industry moves out of pandemic

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    Neil Woodford investors hit transfer hurdles

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    Time to give Save As You Earn a boost

    Lift the ceilings on employee savings schemes

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    Money MentorPersonal Finance Advice & Comment
    Beware giving lenders a stake in your home

    Court case over 1990s’ shared appreciation mortgages has lessons for today

  • Friday, 3 September, 2021
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    Householders struggle to obtain promised aid for green homes

    After scrapping the troubled 2020 scheme, the government must get things right with its new fund, next year

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    Why cheques aren’t quite dead yet

    Mobile app imaging breathes new life into payment system still popular with older bank customers

  • Wednesday, 30 June, 2021
    Money MentorPersonal Finance Advice & Comment
    Is the Financial Ombudsman getting it right?

    Thousands of consumers have been left dissatisfied and the backlog of cases is growing

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
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    Covid’s hidden impact on your credit credentials

    Missed mortgage payments now appear on credit references in the UK

  • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
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    Buyers beware of insurers overcharging loyal customers

    Industry to adopt fair new rules — but only at the year end

  • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
    Money MentorPersonal Finance Advice & Comment
    Travel insurance and your summer holiday abroad

    Cover can reduce risks but cannot help dodge official bans

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    Money MentorUK tax
    Government interest charges breach the credibility gap

    HMRC takes far more from late payers than it returns to those who overpay

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
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    Is there still life in the annuities market?

    Tomorrow’s retirees want guaranteed income — but not at any price

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Personal Finance
    Klarna warns of delays to ‘buy now pay later’ credit rules

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  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
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    Should you build equity release into your retirement strategy?

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    Time to tighten rules on ‘buy now pay later’ operators

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    Digital banks win UK-EU expats’ accounts

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    Redundancy: what are your rights?

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    ‘Why did Sainsbury’s cancel my grocery delivery?’

    Supermarket claimed fraudulent activity on customer accounts

  • Friday, 6 November, 2020
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Now is the time for financial advisers to earn their corn

    The pandemic has left many of us needing help to safeguard our futures

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
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    Smooth landing for holiday refund dispute

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    FT CollectionsBest of FT Money 2020
    How to manage your risk of redundancy

    Knowing your rights is key to managing the financial considerations of losing your job

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