Tom Haynes

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Tom Haynes

Mike Staton, of Staton Mortgages, said: "I am confident that we will see fixed rate options lower than that figure."But Mr Statton warned low rates were typically accompanied by high fees, such as Halifax's low rate currently, which has an attached fee of £1,495.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Tom Haynes

Hundreds of children already have six-figure sums in savings accounts, new data shows. Parents can stash up to £9,000 a year into Junior Individual Savings Accounts (Jisas), which can be invested in stocks and shares or cash. More than two million children have up to £25,000 saved in a Jisa, according to figures obtained via a Freedom of Information request lodged by savings company Standard Life. Around 2,400 are sitting on £75,000 to £100,000.

1 week ago | nationalpigassociation.co.uk | Tom Haynes

Writing in the latest issue of Pig World, NPA senior policy adviser Tom Haynes tries to make sense of the implications of Trump’s tariffs for the global and UK pork sector. Following president Donald Trump’s infamous ‘Liberation Day’ Rose Garden address, we have repeatedly been asked for our thoughts and how we think this will affect the UK pig sector.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Tom Haynes

Eligibility for the payments rocketed during the pandemic when workers were suddenly locked out of their workplaces. Martin Lewis, of Money Saving Expert, ran a campaign raising awareness ofhow to legitimately claimthe benefit at the time. It led to 800,000 workers claiming the relief at the height of the pandemic, according to HMRC figures. The taxman said it would save up to £125 a year per employee. The deadline to claim tax relief for costs incurred during the 2020-21 tax year was April 5 2025.

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Tom Haynes

Every summer, Caroline Crabb watches a line of cars snake its way through Bodmin, a working-class town in the heart of Cornwall, to the more affluent areas like St Ives and Padstow. "We see the traffic coming through at the same time every year and think, 'oooh here they come'," laughs the 48-year-old florist.