The triple lock means rising state pension incomes, while changes are also taking place which gradually raise the state pension age from 66 to 67.

The 2026-27 tax year is the last that the tax-free annual limit on cash Isas will be at £20,000 for adults of all ages, under planned rule changes.

With households keeping busy and cooking extra meals, the bank holiday weekend can be a time when home emergencies come to a head.

The Building Societies Association has welcomed a consultation from the Prudential Regulatory Authority and Financial Conduct Authority.

Products, which will include a credit card allowing customers to build Nectar points, will start to be made available in the second half of the year.

Living costs and changes in personal circumstances were common factors influencing investment changes in the past three months, Scottish Widows said.

Common tactics used by scammers include asking for money as a deposit, to cover delivery of a pet, or for vet bills, Santander UK said.

The overall buy-to-let product choice has fallen by about 1,300 deals since the start of March.

Bank of England figures show home buyer mortgage approvals increased in February, but mortgage rates have been volatile since.

Some early stage buyers are adopting a ‘wait and see approach’, Zoopla said.

Young adults expect to spend nearly double the average amount across all age groups on marking Easter, according to Clearpay.

Older homeowners hold ‘high proportions of both owner-occupier and buy-to-let housing wealth’, Savills said.

Lenders are preparing to proactively contact 1.6 million customers whose fixed-rate deals will finish before the end of the year.

Tracy McGuire-Brown said that to make the process ‘so difficult and so insensitive is just appalling’.

The Treasury-backed provider has found an issue where the estates of deceased customers were not always repaid money from all of their accounts.

The consumer group said bottlenecks can be caused due to antiquated processes, often requiring ‘wet’ ink signatures.

The scale of the problem is ‘really large’, the Treasury Committee heard.

Being the victim of a fraud or scam can be ‘deeply distressing’, the Financial Ombudsman Service said.

The conflict in the Middle East is causing concerns over path of interest rate setting, Moneyfacts said.