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By Lee Boyce for Thisismoney.co.uk Updated: 06:00 GMT, 16 December 2023 In an ideal world, our team of personal financial journalists would never need to step in and help you when things go wrong. What I mean is: we’d love to see companies, government departments and other organisations always treat people fairly, and come up … Read more

Politics dampens optimism: US downgrade reflects the failure to put a lid on federal spending, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 21:54 BST, 2 August 2023 The Fitch downgrade of the US’s credit rating to ‘AA’ predictably produced a panicked reaction on financial markets and drew a strong riposte from … Read more

Pensions need TLC… and a boost from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, says RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 March 2023 | Updated: 10:18 GMT, 12 March 2023 What item in your possession has the highest monetary value? Maybe your home springs to mind, if you own it. … Read more

End bill charade and save millions in the process, says RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Broadband firms should offer fair and predictable prices By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2023 | Updated: 23:21 GMT, 25 February 2023 Thank goodness for Wealth & Personal Finance readers. Scores of you have kindly … Read more

Too much harm, Chancellor: Jeremy Hunt has fixed the bond markets but he sure hasn’t fixed the economy, says HAMISH MCRAE By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 19 November 2022 | Updated: 10:59 GMT, 20 November 2022 Fed up: Jeremy Hunt hasn’t fixed the economy We have a right to feel … Read more

We are investing heavily in stores and high streets – now the Government MUST end the business rates ‘daylight robbery’, says M&S boss STUART MACHIN By Stuart Machin Chief Executive Officer At Marks & Spencer For The Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 12 November 2022 | Updated: 15:32 GMT, 13 November 2022 As I … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: At last! Things are looking up for savers – words that I haven’t been able to write for quite a while By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 29 October 2022 | Updated: 16:24 GMT, 30 October 2022 We might be living in financially challenging times, but it’s not … Read more

SALLY HAMILTON: The fraud pandemic is continuing apace… it’s time to go to war on scammers By Sally Hamilton For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 28 June 2022 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 28 June 2022 At the opening night of a friend’s photographic exhibition a few days ago, I got chatting to a couple … Read more

Recession warnings are being sounded for the UK, US and Europe – but we don’t have to fear the R-word, says HAMISH MCRAE By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 25 June 2022 | Updated: 09:30 BST, 27 June 2022 After the mayhem in the markets there has been a week of … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: At last savings rates are rising but vigilance is the order of the day to avoid big banks’ stingy deals By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 25 June 2022 | Updated: 09:25 BST, 27 June 2022 Savers are slowly beginning to reap the benefit of higher savings rates, … Read more