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British Savings Bonds at 5.17%: what NS&I’s five-year rate is telling you, and the tax bill waiting at the end
Read more: British Savings Bonds at 5.17%: what NS&I’s five-year rate is telling you, and the tax bill waiting at the endNS&I raised its fixed-term British Savings Bonds on 6 October 2026, after rises on 31 July and 18 August. The five-year now pays 5.17% on the Growth option. Rates are one thing; a rule most coverage skips is another: on the Growth option, five years of interest counts as taxable income in the single tax…
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Your lender has gone bust. What happens to your loan, and to the money you were owed?
Read more: Your lender has gone bust. What happens to your loan, and to the money you were owed?Blue Motor Finance, Eldens Finance and Logbook Lending all entered administration inside four weeks. If you borrowed from one of them, two very different things happen at once: your loan carries on almost unchanged, and any compensation you were owed may never arrive in full.
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State Pension age 68: why there are two dates, seven years apart
Read more: State Pension age 68: why there are two dates, seven years apartThe law says the State Pension age reaches 68 between 2044 and 2046. The Office for Budget Responsibility builds its projections on 2037 to 2039. Only one of those is legislation, and the difference is about seven years of your retirement.