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Make money child's play

With the end of the school holidays fast approaching, it may be worth considering a few child-friendly money lessons to help gently explain there is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. As a p...

Should you fix your mortgage rate for 25 years?

Fixed-rate mortgages are now the most popular type of mortgage with the majority of us fixing for two, three or sometimes five years. But how do you feel about taking out a fixed-rate mortgage for 25 ...

Taxman loses battle, will change the rules

For a while there was potential for a back-tax nightmare. Would the Law Lords rule in favour of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in its battle against a married couple who owned a small business? The i...

Cutting the cost of household insurance

After suffering the worst flooding in modern history, sadly resulting in loss of life, heartache and extensive damage to thousands of homes and businesses, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) e...

How to claim your bank charges back - a step by step guide

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has now delayed its decision about the need for banks to reduce the level of penalty charges on current accounts, but you'll find out here how to claim bank charges ba...

Is there something you should be telling your insurer?

To disclose or not to disclose? Should you risk a rejected critical illness or life insurance claim because of inadvertent (deliberate?) omissions in your application form, or headbang your way throug...

Joining the union

If you're just about at the end of your tether with your bank, at long last there's an alternative to high street current accounts that aims to be cheaper, more straightforward and transparent. Credi...

Here we go - saving for your football team

Football fans can use affinity savings accounts to save money and help their favourite club at the same time. But are the deals on offer any good or should they be given the red card? What are affinit...

Taxing times0

The tax year, as ever, ends on 5 April, which, this year, also happens to be Maundy Thursday. If you don't intend to be financially crucified by Chancellor Brown, you have only three weeks to ensure ...

Quit smoking and get saving - take advantage of National No smoking Day

With the price of a packet of fags now around £5.00 - adding up to £1,825 a year if you smoke 20 a day - it really is money up in smoke. Thats a nice tidy sum that could give you a marvellous boost fo...

Driving down the cost of a car

The cost of running a car is on the increase but by shopping around for insurance, finance, fuel and other necessities, drivers can drive down the cost of being on the road. Sainsburys Bank estima...

Fixing your future

Most people would be wary of committing to something for a decade, but that is what an increasing number of mortgage lenders are encouraging people to do by offering a raft of mortgage deals fixed for...

Ho ho ho - plan your festive finances or the laugh could be on you!

"Angels we have heard on high, Tell us to go out and buy!" Tom Lehrer's lyrics still resonate today. And with barely two pay packets to go to Christmas, if you haven't already started your financial...

Lessons in money

If you're heading off to university in the next few weeks, it will probably be the first time you've had to manage a budget and take responsibility for your finances. So here's the Moneyextra guide t...