New figs suggest pensioners need £44k take home pay for a 'comfortable' retirement if they have 0 housing costs

Never mind retirement, for almost everyone of working age it's entirely unachievable. Col below on the lifestyles we want vs what we can attain

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@cf0.bsky.social hi Chris, have sent you a DM about a piece I’m putting together for the i paper

Really enjoyed working on this piece with Lucian Cook
& Savills - a look at house prices at a local level and how they've changed over the past three decades, with some areas seeing 800% growth.

Exclusive: A plan for schools to let teachers swap big pensions for higher pay has been thwarted by the Government.

United Learning, the country's biggest academy chain, planned to launch the scheme in April, but will not go ahead after a DfE intervention. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Exclusive: A plan for schools to let teachers swap big pensions for higher pay has been thwarted by the Government.

United Learning, the country's biggest academy chain, planned to launch the scheme in April, but will not go ahead after a DfE intervention. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Many households who took out 2yr mortgages last year hoping that rates would fall significantly when they came to renew are set to find themselves paying effectively the same price.

Experts say that trying to play the markets is "fraught with danger" inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

I've ditched my Help to Buy ISA - I won't trust government savings schemes again inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Means-testing the state pension has been touted as a cost-saving possibility for the government in recent months - but it'd be a mammoth undertaking involving huge reforms.

I spoke to experts on just how tough it would be, and the negative consequences it could have.

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The proportion of homes being sold for a price that would attract an inheritance tax charge is set to rise by at least a fifth in the next three years, analysis shared with @inews.co.uk by Hamptons shows inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Seven ways the Government is trying to make us richer – and if they will work, by Hugo Gye and me for @inews.co.uk inews.co.uk/news/politic...

A fantastic read on the best county in the whole of the UK inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Banks have been accused of “ripping customers off” as savings rates have fallen over the past month even though mortgage rates have risen. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

You can leave Twitter all you want but someone out there is making up for your lost hours

Last year @inews.co.uk asked multiple major forecasters when interest rates would first be cut and where rates would reach at the end of 2024.

Looking pretty certain that one of them, Bank of America, will be spot on. First cut was in August and barring a miracle we'll end the year on 4.75%.

Inflation rising to 2.3% is obviously bad news but the worse news is under the surface.

Part of the rise was expected, because of the increase in energy prices, but these are always volatile.

Majority of economists expected 'core' inflation to fall, but it's risen too. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

First-time buyers are facing an “uphill battle” to purchase a home with mortgage rates for those with small deposits climbing again.

They’re also set to face a reduction in the value of homes they can buy without facing stamp duty from next year.

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For those who are following me for the first time you can mainly expect posts about the economy, renting/housing/mortgages and pensions, interspersed with occasional comments about running. There will be very little crossover.

(Follower count predicted to balloon after this so get in early).