Abi Smitton
Senior Journalist at BBC
Cost of Living Producer @BBCNews. IRN 2019 Winner 🏆 and 30 Under 30 Class of 2019. Brownie Leader 🦉 and excessive baker🎂. Got a story? [email protected]
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2 months ago |
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Colletta Smith |Abi Smitton
Whether it's pensions, mortgages, investments or the cost of everyday items, many of you have been getting in touch with Your Voice, Your BBC News to ask how the global tariffs and recent stock market turmoil may impact your personal finances. The BBC's Cost of Living Correspondent, Colletta Smith, has been answering your questions. 'I don't understand what is going on.
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2 months ago |
bbc.co.uk | Colletta Smith |Abi Smitton
Cost of Living CorrespondentWhether it's pensions, mortgages, investments or the cost of everyday items, many of you have been getting in touch with Your Voice, Your BBC News to ask how the global tariffs and recent stock market turmoil may impact your personal finances. The BBC's Cost of Living Correspondent, Colletta Smith, has been answering your questions.
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Feb 7, 2025 |
finance.yahoo.com | Vishala Sri-Pathma |Abi Smitton
Jon and Becky Ball say the rate cut may help their mortgage, but hit their savings [BBC] The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday from 4.75% to 4.5%, the lowest level for more than 18 months. Lower rates can reduce the cost of borrowing, but could also mean lower returns on savings. The BBC spoke to borrowers and savers about how the rate cut will affect them.
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Jan 28, 2025 |
bbc.co.uk | Colletta Smith |Abi Smitton
Low-income families are being priced out of being able to afford to eat healthily, a charity warns.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
yahoo.com | Colletta Smith |Abi Smitton
Sandra said she used to depend on her winter fuel payment, but when it became means tested her pension pushed her £20 a week over the threshold so she lost it. "I've had to take out a credit card, overdraft and a credit account to be able to pay for things this winter," she told the BBC. Sandra is one of the 11 million pensioners who lost the payments, worth up to £300, just as temperatures dropped.
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