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Mortgage payments to swell for first-time buyers

Average cost will be £11,500 a year by 2023, study estimates

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Financial services customers cling to paper statements

Many companies retain legacy systems that generate tonnes of paper

Digital bank Starling to roost on the high street

Partnership with the Post Office will enable customers to deposit and withdraw cash

John Redwood
Italy’s budget row leaves eurozone in limbo

Europe has been here before with Greece — but this is far more dangerous

Paul Lewis
#BackTo60 and unanswered questions on state pensions

Campaigning women born in the fifties given short shrift from the government

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Would a live-in partner have rights to my property?

I don’t want him to inherit my property if I die

The Money Diaries: a financial confessional

Can reading about other people’s spending teach young women how to manage?

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Life begins at 60 — with consequences for all of us

The ‘new old’ are not acting their age, but we’re not adjusting to rising longevity

Martin Lewis launches finance textbook for schools

Founder of Money Saving Expert funds initiative to help children learn about money

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How to close the gender pensions gap

Retired women receive 40 per cent less income than men, according to trade union

5.8m Britons excluded from mainstream finance

Lack of data results in ‘invisibles’ being denied services

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Price of oil has risen this year, but the companies’ stocks have not kept pace

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