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

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Stephanie Hawthorne offers some advice on using either pensions or a property to save for your retirement. SHOCKINGLY, saving for your retirement can sometimes be more expensive than buying your home.

With everyday costs rising and tax thresholds frozen until at least 2028, many of us are finding ourselves paying higher taxes. Savings are also being taxed more as interest rates go up, while extra i

We help you make savvy choices, so your hard-earned goes that bit further

Young people can get up to £1,000 from the government each year towards buying their first home by putting their savings in a Lifetime Individual Savings Account (LISA or Lifetime ISA). For the majori