Is caring costing you a fortune?

With the average UK care home costing £65,000 a year, the prospect of meeting these fees can be a worry. But some people won’t have to pay – and it doesn’t have to mean selling your home. Our expert explains how it works

Although women typically live longer than men, we tend to head into retirement with smaller pension pots. Little wonder then that new research by Royal London shows that 49% of women over 50 with a pe

According to the charity Carers UK, there could be more than 10.5 million unpaid carers in the UK. You could be one of them and you may not yet consider yourself in that role. Caring often starts with

July 2025

Not everyone’s a winner in the turnaround on winter fuel payments,

This carers week, the release of a new report reveals hundreds of thousands of parents and carers are going to bed hungry. We investigate…