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Is the time coming when tech means humans no longer work?

Would a world without work be a utopia or a nightmare? An expert explains how the end of jobs is nearBy Rachel Rickard Straus for [...]

Should everyone pay same tax rate or should rich pay more?

Would it be fairer if everyone paid the same level of tax or should the rich pay more?By Rachel Rickard Straus for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 13:24 [...]

The Big Money Questions: Is MATHS creating unfair society?

Is MATHS creating an unfair society? How algorithms decide our insurance costs, where police patrol - and even how long we're left on holdBy Rachel [...]

You can read economy with signals, says Pippa Malmgren

Does the amount of cereal in the box tell you as much about the economy as maths and graphs? How YOU can predict the way [...]

What is GDP? Find out in the Big Money Questions Show

What is GDP, how is it worked out - and why does it make some people very angry? Find out in the Big Money Questions [...]

What is the Bank of England base rate? Big Money Questions

What is the Bank of England base rate and why does is matter? Watch our quick explainer in the Big Money QuestionsBy Rachel Rickard Straus [...]

How is money created? Big Money Questions explains

Ever wondered how money is created? Watch the latest Big Money Questions show for a simple explainer By Rachel Rickard Straus for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 07:23 BST, [...]

Is success down to luck or hard work? Big Money Questions

Are our successes down to luck or hard work? An economist crunches the numbers on the Big Money Questions showBy Rachel Rickard Straus for Thisismoney.co.uk [...]

The Big Money Questions: How to plan for a 100-year life?

Are you ready for a 100-year life? Watch our tips on planning everything from finances to friendship in The Big Money QuestionsBy Rachel Rickard Straus [...]

UK home repossessions fell to lowest since 1982 last year

The number of homes being repossessed last year fell to its lowest level since 1982, data from banks and building societies reveals.There were 7,700 repossessions [...]

How do government bonds work?

Global government bond markets are vast and affect everyone who pays tax, saves into a pension or invests for the future.Unfortunately, it's often hard to [...]

Mark Porter scoffs at £2bn lost on treating foreign patients as it is 2% of NHS budget

The doctors’ union was branded ‘out of touch’ last night after its head claimed only a ‘small amount’ of money is lost to health tourism [...]

The Airmiles tricks that could pay for your next holiday

Over the past five years, Rob Burgess has flown business class to Abu Dhabi, Boston, Calgary, Cape Town, Las Vegas, Moscow, New York and Singapore.The [...]

Bank of Mum and Dad helps prop up A QUARTER of all home purchases

The 'Bank of Mum and Dad' is now a major player in Britain's housing market, helping to fund a quarter of all mortgage transactions, new [...]

Anna Wintour and her daughter Bee Shaffer play it VERY safe with their Met Gala gowns

The gowns and the celebrities may be the center of attention when it comes to the Met Gala, but, even if she isn't making the [...]

George Osborne MISSED his borrowing target for the last year by £1.8BILLION

George Osborne has been dealt a blow in his efforts to shore up the nation's finances after official figures showed the Chancellor missed his borrowing [...]

George Osborne overshoots borrowing target with £74bn budget deficit for financial year

Under scrutiny: George Osborne has staked his reputation as Chancellor on deficit reduction.Public borrowing for the financial year to March has overshot the target set [...]

Iain Duncan Smith WEPT over a 19-year-old single mum during BBC documentary

This is the moment former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith broke down and wept in a TV interview about why he was pursuing [...]

Women to be hit six times harder than men by George Osborne’s tax and welfare changes

Women will be hit six times harder than men by George Osborne's tax and welfare changes, analysis reveals 86% of savings will hit women, while [...]

George Osborne’s Isa budget boon was an inspired move

Lost in the hullaballoo that ended up engulfing last week’s Budget was a boon for tax-free saving.George Osborne declared that the Isa allowance would increase [...]

State pension won’t be cut to fill £4.4bn public finances black hole, promises Osborne

The 'generous' UK state pension will remain untouched, George Osborne promised today, as he was confronted with a multi-billion pound black hole in his Budget. The [...]

George Osborne on the brink of missing his deficit targets for the year

George Osborne is on the brink of missing his borrowing targets less than a week after the Budget, official data showed today.In a fresh blow [...]

How the 2016 Budget will hike household bills in years to come

Landlords: Denise and Dale have five propertiesThe rising cost of insurance, wine and soft drinks will pile on the pounds for family bills. So the [...]

Coca-Cola and Britvic planning legal challenge over sugar tax

Soft drinks companies are preparing to sue the Government over the sugar tax in another headache for George OsborneSoft drinks companies are preparing to sue [...]

David Laws claims David Cameron wanted budget cut to pretend NHS needed less cash

David Cameron has been accused of ‘leaning on’ the chief executive of the NHS to pretend the service needed less money than it did.Former Liberal [...]

Soft drink firms ready to SUE over sugar tax as George Osborne faces Budget headache 

Amid his continued woes over the Budget now George Osborne could be sued by drinks companies over the sugar tax Soft drinks companies are preparing to [...]

Could George Osborne face the first Budget defeat in the Commons since 1994? 

George Osborne could face the first Commons defeat by a Chancellor on the Budget since 1994 this week as his plans come under even greater [...]

George Osborne’s leadership prospects hang by a thread after Budget row

George Osborne's leadership hopes are hanging by a thread today after another damaging row over benefit curbs prompted the resignation of work and pensions secretary [...]

IDS slams George Osborne for putting rich Tory voters ahead of the working poor as he plunges the Conservative Party into the worst civil war since the 1990s despite claiming he did NOT quit over Europe 

Iain Duncan Smith today condemned George Osborne for savaging the working poor at the expense of wealthy Tory-voting pensioners.Despite insisting his bombshell resignation was not [...]

Michael Gove rallies to George Osborne’s side by praising a ‘radical’ Budget

Michael Gove today rallied to the support of George Osborne after Iain Duncan Smith's bombshell resignation left the Tories reeling.The Justice Secretary insisted the Budget [...]

George Osborne’s eighth Budget great for business but a mess for Chancellor

SIMON WATKINS: George Osborne’s eighth Budget great for business but a mess for Chancellor after sugar tax row and Duncan Smith's resignation By Simon Watkins, [...]

George Osborne’s lifetime ISA affects age-gap couples

The economic outlook may be sombre, with the finances of the Government in a precarious state, and the possibility of Brexit hanging over markets. But the [...]

George Osborne’s ‘small business Budget’ will mean tax hikes for big companies

Tough talking: George Osborne said that business rates increases will  be linked to the Consumer Prices Index rather than Retail Prices IndexBig firms should be [...]

Key Dates for when Budget 2016 changes come into place

Budget calendar: From tax allowances to Lifetime Isas - when Osborne's key changes kick in between now and 2019 By Laura Shannon, Financial Mail on [...]

George Osborne’s tax hike higher than Labour’s rates

Families are on course to face a higher tax burden under George Osborne than they did in nearly every year under Labour.Figures buried in the [...]

Tory revolt forces Cameron to pave the way for an embarrassing U-turn over £1.2billion disability benefits cut as he vows to ‘get it right’ and protect the vulnerable 

David Cameron's official spokesman today insisted the Government position on disability benefits was unchanged David Cameron has paved the way for an embarrassing U-turn over planned [...]