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When the sales are on, we all rush out to buy new shoes and cookers to take advantage of the low prices. So with the credit crunch and turbulence in the money markets, is THIS is a good time to be ramping up our investments?

Two elderly unmarried sisters who appealed against a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that they should be liable for inheritance tax when the first of them dies have lost their appeal. "This is a day we hoped that we, as British citizens, would never see," they said.

A global study into retirement has revealed that the majority of Brits anticipate further reforms to the public pension system over the next decade, and fear these reforms will mean they will have to work longer and retire on less state benefits.

Grey and green pressure groups are mounting a remarkable attack on the Government’s continuing failure to eradicate fuel poverty – by suing them.

A new report from energy regulator Ofgem reveals that UK energy switching levels hit five million in 2007 - but that whole groups of customers are missing out. In particular, pensioners, unemployed and low-income families are not switching to lower tariffs.

People are reaching state retirement age struggling with debt - owing four times more than their counterparts a decade ago according to a survey by Help the Aged and Barclays.