IDEAL HOME’S COLUMNIST AND EDITOR OF MONEYWEEK.COM KALPANA FITZPATRICK SHARES HER FINANCIAL WISDOM

For the car enthusiast, Christmas is a time of giving – to oneself. And what better gift than a quality used car? To kick off, we’ve suggested five dream motors with which to indulge yourself, but so

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Speed, we often point out, is a commodity less freely available to drivers on British roads than it used to be. On safety grounds that’s probably okay, given the growing population of cars and the fai