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Barclays' Profits Jump 17% and Its Dividend Nearly Doubles — What It Means If You Hold the Shares
Barclays kicked off a heavyweight week of FTSE 100 earnings by posting some of its strongest half-year numbers in years — and it's a useful case study for anyone holding UK bank shares directly or...
Autumn Budget 2026: What's Already Confirmed, What's Rumoured, and What to Check Before It Lands
The Autumn Budget is still around three months away, but two of its tax changes are already locked in law, and the speculation about what else might follow is worth understanding now — while there's...
Student Loan Repayments in 2026: What You're Actually Paying and Whether to Overpay
If you've got a student loan, a quiet change taking effect this year could cost you more over time — even though the headline interest rate looks unremarkable. Here's what's actually happening to...
Your Workplace Pension Could Move to a New Type of Scheme Without Asking You First
New rules that came into force on 31 July 2026 give pension trustees a power they didn't have before: the ability to move members' defined contribution (DC) pension pots into a collective defined...
UK ISA vs US Roth IRA: Which Tax-Free Wrapper Actually Wins?
Britain's Stocks and Shares ISA and America's Roth IRA are often described as equivalents — both let you invest after-tax money and take the growth out tax-free. But once you look past that headline...
HMRC Wants to Take Tax Debts Straight From Your Bank Account — Here's the Plan
HMRC is consulting on plans to let it recover smaller tax debts by taking money directly out of taxpayers' bank accounts — without going to court first. The consultation, published by HMRC, closes on...
FTSE 100 Slips From Record Highs to Start August — What's Behind the Pullback
The FTSE 100 closed at 10,868.05 on 1 August 2026, down 29.22 points, or 0.27%, having ranged between 10,829.34 and 10,989.45 during the session. It's a modest pullback, but it comes right after the...
Companies House Can Now Reject Your Filing and Fine You £10,000 — What Directors Need to Know
Companies House has stopped being a passive filing library and become an active regulator with teeth — and the change has real consequences for every limited company director and limited partnership...
Buy-to-Let Tax in 2026: The Rules Every Landlord Needs to Get Straight
Being a landlord in the UK now means juggling digital record-keeping rules, a higher stamp duty surcharge, and capital gains tax bands that all shifted within the last two years. If you own rental...