Parents and grandparents will be able to leave homes worth up to £850,000 to their children without them paying inheritance tax from 2017, rising to £1 million by 2020.
About 167,000 homeowners, including 71,000 pensioners, who are struggling to pay their mortgage will see their mortgage benefit payments fall by a typical £756 a year from next month.
Northern Rock mortgage customers with unsecured loans of between £25,000 and £30,000 may get redress for historical paperwork blunders if the decision of an appeal heard last month goes their way.
Now it's been confirmed that the Conservative Party has been voted back into Government after winning more than the 326 seats needed, we explain how its policies affect your pocket.
8 May 2015
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