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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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Digital bank Starling to roost on the high street

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Financial services customers cling to paper statements

Many companies retain legacy systems that generate tonnes of paper

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Italy’s budget row leaves eurozone in limbo

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

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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?

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Martin Lewis launches finance textbook for schools

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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

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Lack of data results in ‘invisibles’ being denied services

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