This is Steve Webb’s 200th pension column for This is Money. Look out for special coverage this week about Steve’s time as our agony uncle, and all he has done to help readers. I started to take my state pension in August 2018 at the age of 65 years. I am getting £666.52 per 28 … Read more
There’s no need to book, the food’s great and it’s proving very popular with the going-out sett. Yes, this late-night alfresco eatery really is a must-visit… if you’re a badger, that is. Driving instructor Marcel Payne set it up in his suburban semi’s back garden while he was unable to work for three months during … Read more
There’s no need to book, the food’s great and it’s proving very popular with the going-out sett. Yes, this late-night alfresco eatery really is a must-visit… if you’re a badger, that is. Driving instructor Marcel Payne set it up in his suburban semi’s back garden while he was unable to work for three months during … Read more
Investment: Jenny Powell owns four buy-to-let flats The best money decision that TV presenter Jenny Powell ever made was buying her own home following her divorce. Despite being a ‘hormonal divorced wreck’ with two young children, she managed to buy a £940,000 house that now, just over a decade later, is worth around £1.5million. The … Read more
The DVLA has earned £3million over four years by charging callers to use controversial premium rate phone lines Income is generated from premium-rate lines that cost 51p per minute to call They are more than three times the 16p per minute standard 01 and 02 numbers The income is proving ‘a nice little earner’ for … Read more