SWITCHING BANK REGISTRATION has traditionally been an easy way to earn free money. Banks regularly offer incentives worth hundreds of pounds to new customers who switch to them for a set period. There are currently four deals active. Banks are imposing increasingly strict requirements on savers to get free moneyCredit: Getty – Contributor The offers … Read more
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. You’d probably have to pay me a lot of money to persuade me to retire from my lovely colleagues here at the Financial Times, although anyone who finds my writing particularly irritating is welcome to make … Read more
Aldi has been crowned the cheapest supermarket for a shopping cart of 65 items, despite rivals promising to match prices, new findings show. In June, the average bill for a shopping trolley of 65 items at Aldi was £118.41. That’s £32.60 less than Waitrose, which was the most expensive at £151.01. Waitrose turned out to … Read more
All products and promotions are independently selected by our experts. To help us provide free unbiased advice, we earn an affiliate commission if you make a purchase. Click here to find out more Thousands of mobile phones are stolen in the UK every year. One phone is stolen in London alone every four minutes. While … Read more
New research shows that almost half of people fail a financial literacy test that asks three key questions about interest rates, inflation and risk. A survey of 3,000 adults, weighted to be representative of the country, found that 20 percent got no answers right and another 24 percent got only one answer correct. According to … Read more
More than 74,000 people on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) could be waiting years for a boost to their benefits. A huge backlog of assessments of existing PIP awards means people could face delays of up to 10 years before they get the right amounts. This could also mean that 78,000 people are still receiving PIP … Read more
One of Britain’s most popular electric cars has a “potentially dangerous” problem that could put drivers and other road users at risk, according to a consumer watchdog. Product testing group Which? says it discovered the problem in the UK’s second best-selling electric car, the MG 4, during controlled and repeated tests the company carries out … Read more
Official opinion polls suggest Britain is on course for a change of government next week after 14 years of Conservative Party rule, with the new leadership tasked with pulling the economy out of the doldrums. Labour looks set for a historic victory, with Keir Starmer’s party pledging to deliver the highest sustainable economic growth in … Read more
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. According to senior US law enforcement officials, drug traffickers chose to launder money through Citigroup because they believed the bank was “more favorable” and had less stringent fraud controls. In an indictment unsealed last week, U.S. … Read more
In one episode of Antique Roadshow episode, viewers were in for a bit of a surprise when a guest refused to sell his gold watch after the expert gave them a warning. Yes, when the person came to the Windermere Jetty Museum in the Lake District, they held their beautiful piece tightly. One guest on … Read more