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Money

  • Interest rates
    Don’t be fooled by the cut – higher rates are here to stay

  • Royal London
    Insurance boss issues warning over using pensions to drive UK growth

  • Property
    UK house prices rise at fastest rate in 18 months, Nationwide reports

  • Money hacks
    How to pick the best financial adviser for your needs

  • Travel
    US to scrap ‘junk fees’ airlines charge for parents and children to sit together

  • Society
    Benefit cap traps families in crowded, rat-infested homes, report finds

  • Explainer
    What are winter fuel payments and who will lose and keep them?

  • Postage
    Royal Mail’s app lets customers detect counterfeit stamps

Expert advice

  • Google offices in the UK but making contact may result in crossed wires.

    Consumer champions
    Google listed my restaurant’s number as its British HQ

  • Have you locked your bike? sign warning about bike theft. But the lock can be stolen too.

    Consumer champions
    Insurance won’t pay my stolen bike claim because the lock was stolen, too

  • Retirement homes being built by by McCarthy Stone.

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    We have been left cold and wet in our leaking retirement home

  • An E.ON sign in red, yellow and blue.

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    E.ON took direct debits from my son’s account after it was told of his suicide

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Opinion

  • Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, speaking on Thursday

    Bank of England
    Don’t be fooled by the interest rate cut – higher rates are here to stay

  • FILE PHOTO: Ministerial Statement on Spending inheritance, in London<br>FILE PHOTO: Britain's new finance minister, Rachel Reeves, speaks at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, July 29, 2024. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY MANDATORY CREDIT/File Photo

    Labour is right to ditch the winter fuel allowance – it isn’t ‘robbing’ old people

    Polly Toynbee
    • Wes Streeting holds up a placard with anti-development protesters in Ilford

      Explainer
      Not in the minister’s back yard: is Starmer’s cabinet onboard with housebuilding plans?

    • Woman with allergies sneezing into tissue in office

      Presenteeism
      What’s causing Britain’s working-while-sick epidemic?

    • The facade of the Bank of England

      Editorial
      The Guardian view on interest rate cuts: helpful for some, but costs are too high for too many

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In pictures

  • FHH writer’s retreat Honiton, Devon

    Fantasy house hunt
    Writer retreats for sale in England, Scotland and Wales

  • A grand townhouse in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Grand townhouses under £1m for sale in England

    From a four-storey Victorian property on a hillside to a Grade II-listed Georgian home moments from the beach
  • Timber-framed homes nestling in the rugged countryside of the Isle of Harris, Scotland

    Fantasy house hunt
    Eco homes near the sea for sale in Great Britain

    From a Grand Designs-style property nestled underground to a remote timber-framed home on a hillside
  • FHH: sports venues : Wentworth, Surrey (1)

    Fantasy house hunt
    Homes to watch sport from in England

  • A high street studio in fashionable Peckham, London.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Homes under £350,000 for first-time buyers in England

  • A Grade-11 listed cottage on the outskirts of Grantham.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Homes in places with links to politicians

  • An elegant but skinny seafront property in Hythe covering four floors.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Skinny homes for sale in England

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Resources

  • Calculator

    Stamp duty calculator

  • Family on holiday

    Factsheet: Travel insurance

  • Monopoly houses on a pile of coins

    House prices: what do the different indices show?

  • Buying a house

    Factsheet: Buying a home

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On this site

  • FHH writer’s retreat Honiton, Devon

    Property
    Writer retreats for sale in England, Scotland and Wales – in pictures

  • Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, speaking on Thursday

    Mortgages
    Don’t be fooled by the interest rate cut – higher rates are here to stay

    • Consumer affairs
      Credit cards: ‘My spending limit was slashed by 90%’

    • Pensions
      Insurance boss issues warning over using pensions to drive UK growth

    • Savings
      How will Bank of England interest rate cut affect my finances?

    • Mortgages
      UK homeowners: have you struggled to pay your mortgage?

    • House prices
      UK house prices expected to rise over second half of year, says Zoopla

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