An investigation has been launched today into firms which offer rapid sales deals to homeowners, in response to concerns they may be exploiting vulnerable divorcees and other people under financial pressure.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has approached more than 50 firms offering quick
One in five women abandon their pension payments after divorce, according to new research from financial specialists the Phoenix Group.
Half of married women, meanwhile, make no contribution to their pensions while
A newly introduced cap on benefits could encourage couples to separate, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
From today, families claiming benefits in London boroughs of Haringey, Croydon, Bromley and Enfield can claim a maximum of £500 per week, while single people can
So it seems the government has decided to throw a little more money at Britain’s Mums and Dads. It has just announced £6.5 million in funding for seven voluntary organisations working with separated parents.
Men are happier than women, and married couples happier than singles, according to a new study.
The study, commissioned by Benenden Health, asked participants to rate their happiness in 12 areas of life. Men reported higher levels of happiness in seven of the 12 areas,
British actress Lena Headey pleaded financial worries in a recent financial dispute with estranged husband Peter Loughran.
The actress, best known for her starring role in highly successful fantasy drama Game of Thrones
The controversial ‘bedroom tax’ could lead to a surge in evictions and end up costing the government more than it saves, a group of MPs has claimed.
The imminent changes to housing benefit, dubbed the ‘bedroom tax’ by Labour, will see families judged to have too many rooms in their homes facing cuts of 14 per cent (for a
Educated women who marry after 30 are earn an average of 56 per cent more than their younger siblings, a study has claimed.
By contrast, men who marry in their 20s have higher incomes than older husbands – regardless of their education.
Working families will be eligible for childcare payments of up to £1,200 a year from 2015, under a new scheme announced by the government today.
Families earning a maximum joint income of £300,000 will be eligible for payments
Parents who place their children into care who could be asked to foot the bill, under proposals being considered by Worcestershire County Council.
If adopted, the plans would mean parents being billed for the cost of raising children who
American supermodel Cindy Crawford recalled her parents’ divorce during a recent appearance on TV show Oprah’s Master Class.
Her mother Jennifer’s financial struggles after the split, while Crawford was a teenager in
The average cost of raising a child from birth to the age of 21 has now reached a record high of £222,458, according to new figures from insurer LV.
The cost, revealed in the insurer’s annual Cost Of A Child report, is over £4,000 higher
The unmarried former partner of wealthy businessman Steve Owen has been awarded a record payout by the Scottish courts.
Jacqueline Whigham was granted £250,000 by Scotland’s highest civil court, the Court of Session
An overwhelming majority of people see relationships with their family as important in economically tough times, according to a new survey from charity Relate. However one third of those surveyed have had more arguments with their family as a result of financial worries.
US billionaire Stewart Rahr may have to pay his wife of 43 years half his fortune of $1.6 billion because there is no prenuptial agreement in place.
According to reports, Carol Rahr recently launched divorce proceedings against the
With the rise of so-called “silver divorce”, couples over the age of 55 are now more likely to split up and so pensions are increasingly coming under the spotlight. How else are the couple expected to pay their way, given that life expectancies for both men and
A wealthy divorcee has been told that she can keep the £1.2 million she made from a share deal after a jury cleared her of intentional insider trading.
Christina Weckwerth, 44, who is originally from Frankfurt but holds joint British and
The launch of a 21st Century take on children’s pocket money has raised worries that it could encourage children to overspend.
PKTMNY is special VISA debit aimed at children aged between eight and 16. Parents
Universal credit may mean work does not pay for some single parent families, the charity Gingerbread has claimed.
Universal credit is a new unified benefit which will be paid to people looking for work while on a low income from next year. The government claims that it is designed to
Only 42 per cent of women are currently saving sufficient funds for their retirement, according to a new report by pensions and savings company Scottish Widows.
By contrast 49 per cent of men are setting aside enough money, and this gender
The government is considering plans to limit child benefit payments to two children, according to recent reports.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Moneybox programme, David Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, said:
If there is one lament you hear more than any other from the parents of young children it is not tantrums, stress or sleepless nights: it is the spiralling cost of childcare, and a new report from research and policy organisation the Resolution Foundation shows just how dire the
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