Figures published earlier this month indicate that there are 2.8m workers who have been put on short-time working or have had their overtime cut, and many are trying to make up the shortfall.
Kate Philip, a chartered financial planner with adviser Independent Women in Edinburgh, says: 'We are seeing more clients with [...]
But tax experts argue that most people have little hope of understanding the codes. Pensioners, whose codes are especially complex, can have particular problems.
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Danger signs are codes such as:
BR - you will be taxed at the basic 20% rate on [...]
Can you advise how and where I can cash this in and how much interest that £1 might have accumulated? P.R., Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
Simon Moon from This is Money replies: A great deal has happened in Britain during the 35 years your £1 has been lodged in the National Savings Bank.
Your contribution then was [...]
Stoke, Hull, Barnsley, Newport and Doncaster are among those facing a long recovery while wealthier areas such as Brighton, Milton Keynes, Cambridge and Reading will see a quicker return to economic prosperity. Some cities are tipped to suffer for up to five more years due to economic isolation and higher [...]
It seems a sensible move and the Government has encouraged its take-up.
But this cover, which only took off in the past decade, has never been tested as rigorously as now, with unemployment at record highs and borrowers remaining out of work for longer periods.
Between mid-2008 and mid-2009, insurance claims for unemployment doubled.
And although insurers [...]
A payment of £25 is made to those who receive certain benefits, including Pension Credit, when the average temperature at specified weather stations is recorded at or is forecast to be 0C (32F) or lower for seven consecutive days between November 1 and March 31. When a payment is [...]
Jobseeker's Allowance claims for some professions have risen by more than 900%, with architects, surveyors, accountants and lawyers among the hardest hit.
Office for National Statistics data reveals that almost every sector has been affected by rising unemployment, with large numbers of casualties in the South and East.
In a disclosure that will fuel anger about [...]
Although it expects the country to emerge from recession during the final three months of this year, employers are likely to refuse pay rises as unemployment continues to rise until next autumn.
The business organisation also believes interest rates will rise next year, possibly reaching 2%. And it warned of the risk of strikes as [...]
Barker, a Monetary Policy Committee member and the author of the Government's housing review, told Bloomberg that she expects house price inflation to ease in 2010. Meanwhile, estate agents have said that while statistics may make things look relatively rosy in the property market, first-time buyers are dwindling and house prices [...]
Two in five of those aged over 50 plan to carry on beyond the State pension age of 65 for men and 60 for women.
By comparison, just over one quarter are expecting to quit earlier, according to research by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Helen Kanolik, an independent financial adviser with PFM Associates in [...]
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