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  It’s Our Money

  Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves! I’d expect that to crop up somewhere in a conversation between a saver and a borrower… The trouble...

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  Why is the base rate still stuck at its record low?

  The Bank of England’s base rate has been languishing at 0.5% for so long that nobody is asking the most basic question of all: “Why?” The Monetary Policy Committee...

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  Keynes vs. Hayek battle it out again

  A few weeks ago, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a debate about economics. Held at the London School of Economics and chaired by Newsnight’s economics editor Paul Mason, it was...

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  The Chancellor gives savers the brush-off

  On 15th August we wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, reminding him how supportive he had been of savers when in opposition. It was George Osborne, after all,...

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  Political U-turn: savers crushed not encouraged

  In 2009 David Cameron promised to remove basic rate tax on savings, saying, “We need to make a really big change: from an economy built on debt to an...

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  Dear Chancellor: Stop taxing savers’ losses

  Following the recent Bank of England quarterly report on inflation, most analysts suggest that it will be 2013 before we can expect base rate to move upwards from its...

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  Peer to Peer lending – Cutting out the banks

  Guest Blogger, Rhydian Lewis, CEO of RateSetter shares his thoughts on the growth and opportunities that Peer to Peer Lending offers Savers I was drawn to an article on...

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  A call for an end to deadbeat savings accounts

  One persistent complaint we hear is the way in which banks and building societies manoeuvre unwitting savers into accounts paying significantly below the market rate. Although a few building...

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  Improving equity between public and private sector pensions

  A by-product of the current dispute over who should fund public sector pensions has been to shine a spotlight on the comparative inadequacy of private sector pensions. The level...

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  Save Our Savers calls for a suspension of tax on savings income

  For the 30th month in a row, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has kept base rate at the record low of 0.5%. Although tasked with keeping inflation...

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  Should bankers’ income tax be linked to the unemployment rate?

  Steve Hilton, David Cameron’s strategy director, has been widely reported for indulging in some blue sky thinking. Apparently his ideas included scrapping maternity leave and closing down all the...

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  Economists slug it out over savings

  Although Economics is considered a science, it sometimes appears an inexact one, given the variety of “expert” opinions about how to boost our economy. No wonder President Harry S....

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  The vicious anti-savings circle

  With Government policy sometimes appearing to be devised on the hoof – and abandoned just as quickly if it proves unpopular – you could be forgiven thinking that nobody...

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  Savers’ responses to interest rate inaction

  The minutes of the Bank of England’s last Monetary Policy Committee meeting are released on Wednesday, 20th July. All but two MPC members are expected to have voted to...

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  Why it is economic for NS&I to provide index linked savings

  The recent issue by National Savings & Investment (NS&I) of index linked certificates is proving very popular amongst savers and with RPI inflation currently running at 5% are probably...

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