Finance

Alice Guy, head of pensions and savings at Interactive Investor, has warned pensioners currently need £14,144 each year before tax - but the state pension will rise to £11,501 next April

The payment is called the Winter Heating Payment and is paid to people claiming certain DWP benefits each winter to help with higher energy costs

Savvy spender at LatestDeals.co.uk Eilish Stout-Cairns will be in charge of cooking Christmas dinner for her family this year and to save money she plans on doing all her festive grocery shopping at Aldi

The budget retailer says it has opened 87 stores in 70 days, from September 30 to December 9 - this includes 64 former Wilko stores, after it took on the leases of dozens of sites

A mum was stunned when her son came home from school with an expensive gift on his Santa wish list after seeing what other children wrote on theirs, and said 'Santa can get any toy'

Martin Lewis explained the consumer rights protections under Section 75 to viewers on his ITV show last night and mentioned how this could potentially help those affected by the collapse of Smile Direct

Working parents of two-year-olds in England will be able to register for 15 hours a week free childcare from April 2024, with applications opening from January 2

The payment is worth £299 and will be sent to most eligible people between February 6 and February 22 next year, if you claim certain DWP or HMRC benefits

In his "time for a quickie" section of the Martin Lewis Money Show, Martin revealed the date for when the third - and final - cost of living payment will be made next year

When opening the show Martin told viewers that he had changed it slightly at the last minute - this was because E.ON Next made a major change to one of its energy tariffs

The Oodie has been taking the UK by storm recently as the go-to wearable blanket that will keep you warm all winter. But how does Primark's £16 dupe, the Snuddie, compare?

Everyone is looking ways to cut down on cost this Christmas - but one mum has taken things to a whole new level with her money-saving ideas, which include gifting toilet rolls

The average of the five cheapest quotes for a buildings and contents policy now stands at £227 - and damage from Storms Babet and Ciara is likely to mean more increases

Christmas may be the "most wonder time of the year" but it can be a notoriously expensive one too and can often put a great deal of pressure on finances for many - particularly now as the cost of living is squeezing the wallets of millions

A minimalist mum has decided not to buy her two small children Christmas presents this year, insisting that they are 'more aware' that they don't always need material objects

Polo mints - which became known for being the "mint with a whole" - were originally developed in the late 1930s by George Harris, who was the man behind some of Rowntree’s biggest brands in the 1930s including KitKat, Smarties, Aero, Black Magic and Dairy Box

Aldi has reduced its Specially Selected Cairanne red wine from £8.99 to £3.49 until this Sunday (December 17) - but trying to find a bottle in stores may be tricky for shoppers

With some simple tricks and significant cut backs, a mum-of-two has managed to decorate her whole home for less than a tenner this Christmas. She hopes other parents will follow in her footsteps

Christmas is always a busy time for the UK's largest parcel delivery company however since the Covid-19 pandemic Evri has seen a huge surge in the number of parcels it is handling with an extra 250million entering its network

There are nine benefits which the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is legally required to increase in line with inflation each April, but others should rise too

Freezing weather across the country has triggered the Government's Cold Weather Payment scheme - here is a full round up of the 309 areas which are set to receive a payout

The update was shared in a written response to a question from Labour and Co-operative Party MP, Lloyd Russell-Moyle who asked what steps the DWP is taking to reduce waiting times for PIP assessments

Cold Weather Payments have been triggered for a second time in eleven postcode districts in Cumbria, meaning eligible households will get £50 this winter

Most major telecom firms implement price rises that are linked to inflation - but regulator Ofcom has said this does not provide “sufficient certainty” for customers

As house prices have risen Brits need a much bigger deposit now to get on the property ladder than they once did and this has pushed up the age of the average first time buyer