2016

Energy switching is at a four and a half year high proving that customers are becoming increasingly savvy about cutting gas and electricity costs - but prices are now on the rise and the cheapest deals are disappearing fast so make sure you switch ASAP.

The national minimum wage paid to workers aged 25 or over will rise from £7.20 to £7.50 next April, Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced.

The Government is to axe 'salary sacrifice' tax perks on a range of employee benefits such as health screening checks, company cars and mobile contracts from 5 April. But if you're already on one of these schemes or join one by 4 April, you may be able to keep the tax benefits for up to four years.

The average Welsh student could potentially pocket £7,000/year in maintenance grants from September 2018 under plans by the devolved government - with students from higher-income families each receiving a grant of at least £1,000/year.

Many people with children and/or a disability set to receive the universal credit benefit won't be hit as hard as expected after Chancellor Philip Hammond today announced a scale back of previously announced cuts.

Millions of households and motorists are likely to be hit with higher insurance premiums after Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that insurance premium tax (IPT) will increase from 10% to 12% as of June 2017. But you can take action to dodge the hike.

Older savers who carry on putting money in a pension after withdrawing cash from it face new curbs on the sums they can invest.

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a new three-year Government-backed investment bond open to everyone aged 16 or over in today's Autumn Statement. The bond will launch in spring 2017.

Fuel duty will remain frozen until April 2018, Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has committed to the launch of tax-free childcare, a flagship Government policy, early next year.