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Motorists have been spared a rise in fuel tax after the Chancellor announced he would freeze the duty for the sixth consecutive year.

People who make extra cash by selling on eBay, renting a room out on Airbnb, or through odd jobs will benefit from two new £1,000 tax breaks from April 2017.

Savers will be able to save £20,000 a year in an ISA from April 2017, Chancellor George Osborne announced in today's Budget.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a range of tax cuts for individuals, with the headline news being that the level at which people start to pay income tax will rise to £11,500 in April next year.

MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis and the StepChange Debt Charity have called on the Government to fix the rules for people struggling with temporary debt. The move comes as new figures show one in five people making unsecured debt repayments have been left unable to afford food.

Changes to the state pension that will hit hundreds of thousands of women aged 55-65 were debated in Parliament for the second time this year on Monday. But the Government once again refused to offer extra measures to help those affected, with a minister instead suggesting that women who lose out can claim other benefits such as jobseeker's allowance.

Over a million prepaid energy users have yet to claim a £12 rebate they're due, new figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) reveal. If you're one of them, you've only got until 28 February to do so – here's how.

Withdrawing money from your pension or transferring it to a new scheme could soon cost hundreds of pounds less, after the Government today announced plans to ban "excessive" early exit fees.

The Government has launched a review into airport retailers not passing on VAT discounts to shoppers – in another campaigning success for Martin Lewis and MoneySavingExpert.