MONEY

Comparing costs over the last 90 years

Comparing costs over the last 90 years

When the Queen was born in 1926 the bank interest rate was 5% and there were only 500,000 mortgages held compared with 11.1m today.  Things have changed a lot but to put it into context the value of £ ...
Access to free and impartial pension guidance

Access to free and impartial pension guidance

Pension wise will be a first port of call for consumers, offering free and impartial information and guidance to people with a defined contribution pension approaching retirement. From April 2015, ove ...
Pensions grab means poverty for 1950s women

Pensions grab means poverty for 1950s women

The new and much-vaunted flat-rate state pension is now with us, thanks to the latest round of pension reforms. However, the brunt of the changes has fallen upon some half a million women born in the ...