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Current rates from the state-owned savings bank
NS&I scraps planned cuts to prize fund rate
Bond market movements blamed for removal of nearly 175,000 cash prizes from monthly draw
Cuts to product popular with wealthy savers, but better rates available elsewhere
Interest on three-year bonds cut due to high demand
New products are competitive but they do not beat the best rates on the market
Government-backed provider boosts savings returns
Max out and check every month for that guaranteed, tax-free income stream
Savers will have less chance to win big
Government under pressure to help the hard-pressed
Sale of popular savings certificates rose 15% before odds of winning a prize were reduced
Prize rates and odds of winning £1m have been cut
Savings bank says new offer to customers is ‘fair’
Interest on specialist NS&I saving product will fall from 2.8% to 1.45% a year in January
Budget promise increases Premium Bond savings limit by £10,000
Customers can buy NS&I bonds until May 15
But 29% don’t have reserves to cover an emergency
National Savings & Investments website crashes as investors rush to buy
Many ways of tracking down assets left behind by an investor exist for heirs
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