Middle-earning households has the worst gaps in their finances

Latest data from Hargreaves Lansdown has found that middle-earning households has the worst gaps in their finances are in long-term planning aith almost two thirds score ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ when it comes to investment (62%), and around half get the same score for pension planning (48%). The analysis showed that middle earning households make…

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Winter Fuel Payment change will impact one million households

New analysis by Policy in Practice has shown that one million households will miss out due to the changes announced to the Winter Fuel Payment. The data also showed that over 850,000 older people are eligible for but not claiming Pension Credit whilst another estimated 130,000 older people miss out because they are just £500…

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More that a quarter have fallen into troubling financial behaviours

More than a quarter (27%) of consumers have fallen into troubling patterns with their finances, with many having engaged in risky financial behaviour over the last year, according to new research from Moneyhub. While the UK’s inflation rate has settled back down to the Bank of England’s 2% target, with Rachel Reeves announcing in her…

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