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Postgraduate students aged under 30 will for the first time be able to apply for a student loan of up to £10,000 per course from 2016-17.

The majority of workers will pay less in tax from April next year, after Chancellor George Osborne has today announced that the amount people can earn tax free will rise.

People aged over 55 will be able to dip into their pension pot like a bank account as part of the Government's drive to give people greater freedom over retirement savings.

Savers will be able to pass on money in their pension pot tax free to their children and grandchildren upon their death, after Chancellor George Osborne announced that he will abolish a 55% penalty tax for some groups.

From next April millions of people will be able to get free, impartial guidance on how to make the most of their retirement savings.

ISAs transform into NISAs (New ISAs) today, meaning everyone can now put £15,000 into cash or shares savings without paying tax on it.

The Government has rebuffed MoneySavingExpert.com's calls to ban payday loan adverts from children's TV.

Millions of taxpayers will be better off, Chancellor George Osborne announced today. Overall, the Government says a typical worker will pay £800 a year less in tax as a result of today's moves. Here's why.

Smokers will be hit by higher prices as the Chancellor announced increases in tobacco duty in today's Budget. Meanwhile, the price of beer will fall by 1p.