UK pensions: how to save for retirement from A to Z Everything you need to know to plan for your future after Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax changes in the budget
Houses in national parks in England and Wales sell for 25% more, study finds Nationwide says New Forest is most expensive national park with an average property price of £576,000
What will Rachel Reeves’s retirement scheme changes mean for pensions? The chancellor has announced plans to merge local government retirement schemes into eight Canada-style ‘megafunds’
Leading British actors call on chancellor to boost green investment in pensions Oscar winners Mark Rylance and Olivia Colman among those writing to Rachel Reeves about excluding fossil fuels
Steady Australian unemployment rate makes near-term interest cut unlikely The jobless rate in October was 4.1%, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics
Apple facing near-£3bn UK lawsuit over cloud storage ‘monopoly’ Which? claims firm engaged in anti-competitive practices that led to 40 million people ‘being overcharged’
BT has left my 80-year-old dad without a landline for months After hours of calls to BT, engineer no-shows, complaints raised and multiple promises, nothing has happened
Australians’ wages increase faster than inflation for fourth quarter running ABS confirms wage price index rose an annual rate of 3.5% in September quarter, bringing some relief to households battling cost of living pressures
Hybrid working much more likely if staff have a degree, says ONS Official figures show ability to work from home differs greatly across age, job type and education
Direct Line to axe about 550 jobs as part of £50m cost-cutting drive Company to shed about 6% of its workforce of 9,000 as it loses car insurance customers
UK interest rates are falling – but it’s not too late to find deals that pay The peak may have passed, but inflation-beating returns are still available if you’re quick. Here are the highest yielding and safest options
UK public sector pay awards to overtake private sector for first time in four years CIPD report says businesses face higher costs after tax rises in budget as public sector benefits from above-inflation pay rises
Leading UK estate agent cuts its longer-term house price growth forecast Hamptons says ‘modest’ rises can be expected amid ‘dampening effect’ of higher interest rates overall
‘I relate to Erin Brockovich’: postman who took on car finance world – and won Andrew Wrench’s case over ‘secret’ dealership commission could help UK consumers win billions in compensation
UK diners already fear the bill, but the budget just raised it again, warn restaurateurs UK Hospitality says members would have to hike prices 8% to cover the extra cost of hiring staff under new employer NIC rates