Reaching 65 no longer means hanging up your work shoes Photo: ALAMY In the last three months an extra 40,000 people over the age of 65 have joined the work force, taking the total number to 823,000. This is the highest number since the Office for National Statistics started keeping these figures in [ Read More → ]

Nearly two-thirds of British drivers (64%) admit to having engaged in some form of potentially dangerous activity whilst driving in the last month, according to new research from Sainsbury’s Car Insurance. Eating and drinking whilst driving is the most prevalent dangerous habit, with 38% of motorists questioned admitting to having done [ Read More → ]

Honor Blackman supporting the Equitable Members Action Group Photo: PA Equitable Life victims are being asked to make further representations to the Government after a report suggesting that they will get just £266 each. Mark Hoban, a Treasury minister, said Equitable’s policyholders should start to receive compensation in the autumn of next year. But [ Read More → ]

Dentistry in Thailand, with holiday included, can be so much cheaper than having it done in New Zealand. Photo / NZ Herald Rip-offs in New Zealand are big news, following an opinion piece in this newspaper by UK sports writer Peter Bills. It’s an issue that anyone who keeps an eye on [ Read More → ]

Mortgage rates drop to 7 year low Photo: PHOTOLIBRARY The credit crisis saw mortgage finance dry up, but as Britain emerges out of recession, lenders are beginning to offer cheaper home loans for those with smaller deposits. Latest figures suggested the average rate on a two-year fixed rate mortgage is [ Read More → ]

New research conducted by The Co-operative Bank Current Accounts has revealed that one in three (31%) people in Britain will freely switch which football team they support in this summer’s World Cup if their team is knocked out of the competition, or indeed if they failed to qualify whatsoever. The research [ Read More → ]

Consumer Focus have called for the Government to put consumers first when it comes to reforming the banking system in the UK after revealing new findings that suggests that nearly one million adults in the United Kingdom do not possess a bank account. ‘On the Margins’, a new report by Consumer [ Read More → ]

LONDON — The Gulf of Mexico oil spill risked turning into a trans-Atlantic diplomatic rift Thursday after U.S. threats to have BP fork out billions more for the disaster caused a precipitous slide in the blue-chip’s stock, hurting retirement savings for millions of Britons. British lawmakers are even pushing Prime Minister [ Read More → ]

The higher a tax is, the less willing people will be to do the activity being taxed Photo: REX THE most interesting thing about income tax is that it is not permanent. When William Pitt the Younger introduced the levy on salaries in 1798, it was supposed to be a [ Read More → ]

As someone who often sees the glass half empty rather than half fall, I’m in my element this weekend. The dark clouds just keep on swirling overhead – there has been no end of gloomy forecasts. My favourite is the reported comment by Mervyn King, the governor of the [ Read More → ]