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How to Complain About Unpaid Wages Through the New Fair Work Agency
If your employer hasn't paid you correctly — missing wages, unpaid holiday pay, or an unlawful deduction — there's now a single government agency built specifically to enforce your rights, rather...
Employment Rights Act 2026: A Payroll Cost Checklist for Small Business Owners
If you run a small business with employees, 2026 has brought a cluster of Employment Rights Act 2025 changes that land directly on your payroll costs and admin — several of them already in force....
Best Cash ISA Rates Right Now — And How to Switch Before the Rules Change
Cash ISA rates are still attractive enough to beat inflation right now — but the account you opened years ago is probably not paying anywhere near the best available rate. Here's how to find and...
VAT Capital Goods Scheme Changes from 29 July 2026: What It Means for Property and IT Spending
VAT-registered businesses that buy expensive equipment, land or buildings are about to see one of their more tedious compliance obligations shrink significantly. From 29 July 2026, changes to the VAT...
Self-Employed and Sick: The Real Numbers Behind the UK's Safety Net Gap
Roughly 4.2 million people in the UK work for themselves, and almost none of them have a statutory right to a penny of sick pay if illness stops them working. Understanding exactly how big that gap...
New PM Andy Burnham to Review Frozen £12,570 Tax Allowance — What It Could Mean for Your Pay
Andy Burnham was confirmed as prime minister this week, and within his first days in office he signalled that the frozen personal tax allowance could be reviewed ahead of his first Budget in the...
Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Parents
Parents of babies needing hospital neonatal care now have a statutory right to extra paid leave on top of maternity, paternity or adoption leave — but take-up depends on parents and employers knowing...
What Rising Gilt Yields Under a New PM Mean for Your Mortgage and Savings Over the Next Year
Two things are true at once in the UK right now: mortgage rates have been falling as lenders compete in what analysts have called a "mortgage price war," and government borrowing costs are...
UK Borrowing Costs Now Highest in the G7 — What Rising Gilt Yields Mean for You
The UK is currently paying the highest government borrowing costs of any G7 economy, with its 10-year gilt yield the only one in the group sitting above 5%. The figure has come into sharp focus this...