Buy now, pay later has become shorthand for impulse spending, but used deliberately it can function more like a short‑term ...

After months of speculation and briefings, Rachel Reeves has unveiled £26bn worth of tax rises in her much-anticipated Budget. But in an unprecedented leak just minutes before the chancellor got to ...

Millions face a dramatic shake-up to their weekly finances from a combination of tax, benefit and wage changes. Our simple Budget Calculator will help families, workers and pensioners see exactly what ...

The decision by Rachel Reeves to freeze income tax allowances and thresholds until April 2031 is a tax rise in all but name. It will result in many lower income earners, such as many people on ...

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When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

As 2026 approaches, at the top of many people’s lists of resolutions will be to improve their finances. Budgeting is a key part of financial health — but if you’re not confident in this area, you’re ...

Unions are calling for clarity on the federal budget’s proposed plan to reform retirement benefits and raising concerns that it may lead to pension cuts for thousands of federal workers. In a section ...

Critics of the federal budget’s approach to housing policy say the government plan reneges on campaign pledges from Prime Minister Mark Carney, and are questioning Ottawa’s ability to spur ...

Higher taxes on the wealthy will be “part of the story” in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ second Budget, she has said. With just one day to go until she stands up at the dispatch box on Wednesday (26 ...

The Autumn Budget will finally take place on Wednesday (26 November), after months of speculation about what measures will be taken to rebalance the public finances. In a speech delivered in Downing ...

As Andy Williams famously sang about the holiday season, "It's the most wonderful time of the year." But the end-of-year period can also wreak havoc on your wallet. In January, when credit card bills ...