A guarantee not to make immediate changes to retirement plans that have been decades in the making would put a lid on the pre-budget panic

Ian Cowie is happily invested in Unilever and also making money from BAE Systems and the company behind the super sewer

The unpopularity of the family farm tax should act as a warning to the chancellor, but the signs are that this is just the beginning

I was feeling nervous about my portfolio’s exposure to America until I did one of the most reassuring things an investor can do: look at the past

With one child in nursery and another on the way the extra income should have been welcome, but it left her on a financial cliff edge, writes Antonia Medlicott

There’s a way to put your feet up, forget about the taxman and still earn more than £30,000 a year

Labour and Conservative MPs have passed their higher bills onto the taxpayer, provoking criticism that they are insulated from the ‘punitive’ policy

Rightmove data reveals a 0.1% annual fall in average asking prices, with more stock on offer in the South

Harry Bell from the investment firm Charles Stanley offers his advice

Anger over higher council tax and tougher rules for landlords have led the Welsh government to backtrack. Will other nations follow suit, asks Jack Simpson