Easy-access and fixed-term savings rates, best-buy comparison, and how rate changes reach savers.

The Bank of England’s interest rate decision of 5 November 2026: Bank Rate raised from 3.75% to 4% by eight votes to one, the first rise since August 2023. What the Bank said, its new forecasts, and what it means for mortgages, savings and annuities, for UK and US readers.

The FCA says 760,000 matured Child Trust Funds are sitting unclaimed. Finding yours is free, needs no account, and takes about ten minutes. This explains how the search works, what happens to money nobody claims, why there is no deadline, and what the tracing firms charging up to £400 are actually selling.
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