Tax & Benefits
The state pension and the triple lock, explained
The triple lock raises the state pension each April by the highest of earnings, inflation or 2.5%. Here is how it works and why frozen tax thresholds now shadow it.
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Banking & Savings How to switch bank accounts with the Current Account Switch Service
Bills & Energy Water bills: social tariffs, WaterSure and paying less
Deals & Money-Saving Cashback sites and cashback cards: how they actually work
Across the money desk
The latest in every corner of your finances Bills & Energy
- Water bills: social tariffs, WaterSure and paying less
- Standing charges on your energy bill, explained
- The Warm Home Discount explained: who gets the £150 and how
- Mid-contract broadband and mobile price rises: what you can do
Tax & Benefits
- The state pension and the triple lock, explained
- Council tax bands and how to challenge yours
- Income tax explained: the Personal Allowance and the bands
- Universal Credit: what you can claim and how the taper works
Prices & Inflation
- Fixed versus variable mortgages: how they actually differ
- CPI and RPI: the two inflation numbers and where each one bites
- Why prices rise and fall, and how UK inflation is actually measured