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Sam Brodbeck has been named the chief money reporter at The Telegraph. He previously was the money advice editor at The Telegraph. He was previously head of…

Experts have warned that renters will ultimately feel the greatest impact of the mortgage crisis

Also from this PM's Front Page newsletter: Trump warns of "death and destruction", and Deutsche Bank slumps amid fresh banking crisis fears

Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget in the Commons on Wednesday.

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SIR – The SNP MSP Emma Harper has suggested that a hard border between Scotland and England would create jobs (report, May 2).

Sam Brodbeck: Freezing allowances will leave you with less in your pocket Make no mistake: we will all pay more tax as a result of this Budget. Mr Sunak may not have broken the manifesto commitment not to raise income tax, National Insurance or VAT, but freezing various allowances means you will (eventually) have less in your pocket. Wages and asset prices naturally rise, hence the logic of raising the amount we can earn or realise in capital profits before the tax man takes his cut. Planned in...

A fifth of landlords have lost income in the pandemic – and there is no furlough scheme or cash handout to plug their earnings gap

© Royal Mint One thing you definitely want to avoid this Christmas is gift cards. When a company goes bust gift cards are rendered worthless and there is no way to get the money back. This year several high-street names have collapsed into administration, most recently Debenhams and the Arcadia group that includes Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis, among other brands. People with gift cards for the Arcadia group are rapidly discovering how little control they have over spending their vouch...