Good article from The Conversation Britain is locked in a seemingly constant battle with the burden of its overheated housing market. Theresa May has announced measures at the Conservative Party conference designed, at the very least, to dampen criticism over a lack […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Press Association 10th March 2017 The Bank of England is set to keep interest rates firmly on hold next week as policymakers remain in wait and see mode as Britain prepares for divorce with the EU.
Leaving the EU is so difficult, and the consequences are so economically damaging, that it may be easier for prime minister Theresa May’s government to endlessly delay the process rather than to actually leave.
If you think Britain’s banks are in bad shape, spare a thought for the Italians, where the country’s battered lenders are rapidly crumbling under an astonishing €360bn (£300bn) of bad loans. per Daily Telegraph
You would be forgiven for thinking that 2015, which saw the introduction of both pensions freedom and much improved “super-Isas”, counted as a year of dramatic change in the world of personal finance. But welcome to 2016: in this momentous […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…