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The cost of securing an income in retirement has increased by almost a third since 2009, statistics from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have revealed.
According to figures published in April 2013, men will need 29 per cent more savings to reap the retirement income that they could have gained in 2009.
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This current HMRC Property Sales Campaign is an opportunity for you to bring your tax up to date if you have sold a residential property, in the UK or abroad, thatās not your main home.
If you made a profit but have not told HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), you might not have paid the right amount of tax.
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The Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) was launched in August 2012 by the Bank of England. A Bank of Englandās agentsā report published later in 2012 claimed that the FLS was having a positive impact on UK home-owners, with mortgage lending rates beginning to āeaseā.
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A trawl of price comparison sites on the internet in search of critical illness cover providers, revealed over 30 companies in most listings, all offering a variety of critical illness insurance policies.
Basically, critical illness cover offers protection to the policy holder (and many policies extend this to other family members) in the event of the diagnosis of a critical illness during the term of the policy.
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A Child Trust Fund (CTF) is a long-term, tax-free savings account for children, set up by the previous government. Child Trust Fund accounts are no longer available. In most circumstances your child was entitled to a CTF if all of the following applied:
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A shift in the UK working culture and confusion around retirement planning is creating a pension āblack holeā, with almost a quarter (23%) of UK adults stating they have lost track of at least one of their own pension schemes, according to a new poll for Age UK.
