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How to get refunds for school fees, season tickets and much more

Before seeking reimbursement for services you can no longer use, it pays to know your consumer rights

News

Buying outweighs selling among private investors on UK platforms

Investors pick up bargains, but average value of a sell deal is 84 per cent higher than a buy

Anthony Bolton says he is prepared to buy equities

Former Fidelity fund manager says he has restarted investing in a personal capacity

Surge in demand for will writing as coronavirus crisis deepens

Lawyers say wealthy elderly people seeking advice on life insurance and inheritance tax

Income investors face ‘dividend drought’

£3.5bn worth of dividend payments cancelled this week

UK property demand plunges as virus takes hold

60 per cent decline in sales predicted in the next three months

Opinion & Analysis

Serious MoneyClaer Barrett

Help for the self-employed won’t save everybody

The chancellor’s support package is welcome, but many self employed people are excluded

Rich People’s Problems: Looking after mum and dad

Octogenarian parents are resistant to calls to self-isolate

Justin Urquhart Stewart

Making a case for ‘Corona bonds’

In previous times of crisis, private investors have financed war bonds, so why not now?

Merryn Somerset Webb

Stock market crashes: lessons from history

The hum of the helicopters needs to start getting louder

Family MoneyLucy Warwick-Ching

Working parents braced for home schooling their children

Government should provide vouchers to cover emergency childcare costs during the virus crisis

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