Jimmy Rice

2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Jimmy Rice

Every Tuesday our Money blog team answers your Money Problems. You can email yours to [email protected]. Today we are tackling this one sent to us by Dan... I've jumped from Band B to Band E council tax band - my neighbours with similar or bigger houses are mostly D. I've appealed the decision as I've just bought the property but what would the criteria be for my band to be revised? Thank you for the question.

Nov 21, 2024 | msn.com | Jimmy Rice

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Nov 21, 2024 | news.sky.com | Jimmy Rice

Mortgage rates have risen since the budget based on expectations further base rate cuts could be delayed - and while this is bad news for borrowers, higher rates should be great for savers. But the Money blog can reveal some of the same banks and building societies that have raised mortgage rates in the last three weeks have, counterintuitively, also reduced savings rates.

Nov 13, 2024 | news.sky.com | Jimmy Rice |Daniel Dunford

The anger caused by Labour scrapping the universal winter fuel payment earlier this year has been well publicised - but a less talked about cut to the benefit has been taking place every year since 2000. About 1.3 million people in England and Wales who are entitled to certain means-tested benefits can get either £200 or £300, down from more than 11 million previously.

Oct 22, 2024 | news.sky.com | Jimmy Rice |Bhvishya Patel |Megan Harwood-Baynes

When Natalie Getreu was 31, single and focused on her career, she decided to freeze her eggs. She was able to save money on the process through her job - but it still set her back £5,300. Natalie has joined the growing number of women who spend thousands of pounds to delay pregnancy by freezing their eggs - the fastest growing fertility treatment in the UK, according to the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority.