Prices & Inflation
Fixed versus variable mortgages: how they actually differ
A fixed rate buys certainty for a set period; a variable rate moves with the market. The right choice is less about predicting rates and more about what your budget can absorb.
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Tax & Benefits Council tax bands and how to challenge yours
Banking & Savings The Personal Savings Allowance: how much interest is tax-free
Bills & Energy Standing charges on your energy bill, explained
Across the money desk
The latest in every corner of your finances Bills & Energy
- 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
- How the energy price cap works and what it means for your bills
Tax & Benefits
- 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