Melinda Gates says the world is likely to be permanently changed by the coronavirus pandemic and is likely to be the first of many in our lifetimes. Gates and her husband Bill chair the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which has already donated more than $45 billion towards vaccination research in the hope of tackling … Read more
Someday, sometime in the future, the flip-flops, passports and swimsuits will come into their own once more. It will be a chance to make up for lost time — an opportunity to take that holiday you’ve always promised yourself. So here are ten of the greatest trips of a lifetime . . . Splendours of … Read more
I‘ve heard that the Lifetime Isa is a bad way of saving for a pension. I’m 27 and hold a stocks and shares Lifetime Isa with Nutmeg, and I haven’t even considered whether there are legalities around what age I can take my private pension, something I haven’t needed to think about yet. Assuming I … Read more
It’s not often the Government gives away free cash, but in the past five years aspiring homeowners have been offered two opportunities to earn generous bonuses on their tax-free savings. Soaring house prices mean, for many, it will take years to save for a deposit – so it’s little wonder the Government launched the Help … Read more
A U.S. doctor who has fought against outbreaks of smallpox, the flu, polio and blindness has branded the coronavirus outbreak as ‘the most dangerous pandemic of our time’, adding that if ‘you’re not worried, you’re not paying attention’ as cases in the United States soar past 18,000. Larry Brilliant, 75, is a top epidemiologist who helped … Read more
Lifetime Isa customers see delay on February bonus payments of up to £1,000 due to taxman glitch EXCLUSIVE: A blunder means that first-time buyers may be left without £1,000 Each month Lifetime Isa holders receive a 25% bonus on their monthly savings They can earn up to £1,000 on £4,000 of savings every tax year … Read more
Bristol is the most popular spot for buyers purchasing their first home with the help of a Lifetime Isa in 2019, This is Money can reveal. A total of 380 homes were bought in the city in the South West, according to Skipton Building Society, the first provider to offer the Government-backed savings scheme. The … Read more