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The Social Market Foundation says fuel duty unfairness opens the door for road pricing schemes

As the easing of lockdown apparoaches, Britains mortgage borrowers will re-emerge from their homes with differing circumstances.

Public policy think-tank has announced that a drop in the rates of problem gambling would benefit the British economy via rises in tax revenues and jobs.

Nearly 800,000 homeowners could be at risk of repossession if they suffer loss of income More than one in 10 owner-occupiers do not have enough savings to cover a single months mortgage payment. Nearly half of mortgage-holders on incomes up to £20,000 have seen their savings decline (Image: Getty Images) Get the latest on money saving tips and benefit changes straight to your inbox each week with our Record Money newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe W...

February 24, 2021, 10:01 pm Nearly 800,000 households across the UK could be at risk of losing their home if they suffered a loss of income, according to analysis by the Social Market Foundation (Joe Giddens/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Nearly 800,000 households across the UK could be at risk of losing their ho...

An estimated 770,000 households could be vulnerable to repossession if they suffered a loss of income during the pandemic, according to The Social Market Foundation (SMF).

A government-backed firm is looking for new ways to get people to put money aside for a "rainy day".

Last modified on Sat 12 Dec 2020 17.10 EST Boris Johnson’s appeal to Britons to slim down in response to the pandemic has not helped most people lose weight, according to new research calling for a far more wide-ranging response to the obesity crisis. Warnings about the potential added risks Covid-19 poses to people with obesity are “largely ineffective”, the study found. It said ministers placed too much emphasis on “individual willpower and not enough on the environmental ...