Council tax in Scotland is going up – here’s why
Calling all fellow Scots – unless you live in beautiful Shetland, your council tax is going up! Let me explain why… Council taxes pay for
April 4, 2022
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Not such a gas: how YOU can combat the UK energy crisis
Today’s news about rocketing gas prices and energy providers potentially going bust is kinda scary, right? Let me explain what’s happening, how it will affect
September 20, 2021
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Episode 4 of Own It – BUDGET SPECIAL!
It’s Budget week! So, by popular demand, the Own It! podcast is bringing you a Budget special to explain what the Chancellor’s big day means
March 5, 2021
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Budget 2021 – Young Money comments
It’s Budget Day, with chancellor Rishi Sunak announcing his three point plan earlier to support businesses through the remainder of the pandemic, “fix” the public
March 3, 2021
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The Gamestop gang: messiahs of Main Street or just very naughty boys?
This week, young investors in the US have given Wall Street a bloody nose in the biggest financial upset of modern times. They have combined
January 29, 2021
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Are we heading for a millennial jobs crisis?
Today, we had the news from the Office for National Statistics that 25-34 year olds are at the biggest risk of losing their jobs with
January 26, 2021
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What Bargain Brits on Benefits taught me about Universal Credit
Last night, I could have watched the latest ‘must-see’ programmes on Netflix, BBC iPlayer, Britbox or NOW TV (yes, I have subscriptions to all four
January 19, 2021
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Iona joins Paul Johnson for new radio series: “The Austerity Audit”
One or two of you may have spotted this over the weekend in the press radio previews: I’m really pleased to confirm I’ll be joining
September 8, 2020
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Iona on BBC’s GrownupLand podcast
So I was invited on the BBC’s GrownupLand podcast recently to talk about young people + money… We ended up having a really interesting natter
August 24, 2020
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Why I’m switching away from HSBC
Late last year, I wrote about why it was good to have “FOBO” – that’s the fear of better options – when it comes to
June 22, 2020
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Iona speaks to the Feminist Finance Podcast
This week Iona Bain, founder of the Young Money blog, joins the podcast to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on women’s and young people’s finances.
May 28, 2020
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The lowdown on support for the self-employed
The Self-employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is now up and running to tide over young freelancers during lockdown – much earlier than expected. Iona digs
May 26, 2020
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Covid-19 news round-up: inflation, unemployment, students and mental health
Inflation – that’s the rate of price rises in the economy – tumbled to 0.8% in April, its lowest level in three years, thanks to
May 22, 2020
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Young people: the economic victims of COVID-19
We’re all in this together. Or are we? It’s hard not to notice that, although the virus itself may target the older population, its effects
May 20, 2020
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Don’t bank on a youthtastic Budget today
This should have been a golden opportunity for the Chancellor to ‘level up’ the country, not just geographically but demographically too. But the frightening potential
March 11, 2020
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Investing amid coronavirus: should you freak out?
Ahhhhhhhhhhh…FREAK OUT! Last week was a scary week for investors – especially young people who are relatively new to wild drops in the stockmarket. So
March 3, 2020
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First homes: how will it work?
The government is tinkering with the housing market. Again! Desperate to come up with initiatives to help new buyers in more expensive areas, it plans
February 18, 2020
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ROS ALTMANN: Why the Bank of England should NOT cut rates
A decision to cut the base rate tomorrow would only harm younger people, explains Ros Altmann in her debut for the Young Money Blog Apparently
January 29, 2020
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Here’s what Boris Johnson MUST do to win over Young Britain
However you feel about Thursday’s result and Boris Johnson’s electoral victory, we must accept the age of Bojo and understand how it might shape our
December 16, 2019
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Home Truths Review – by Simon Bain
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ LIAM HALLIGAN Home Truths is a must-read for all young people who are alienated from our housing system and baffled as to why they
December 10, 2019
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Our full letter to Gavin Williamson on financial education
Financial education has been on the curriculum since 2014 in England. But is it really working? It’s been five years since the (notional) introduction of
September 24, 2019
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4 key points from the FCA’s millennial money review
Can better financial products help young people get a fairer deal in today’s economy? The so-called inter-generational divide is now on the radar of the
May 10, 2019
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Can intergenerational fairness ever be achieved?
The phoney war is back! The media have been dutifully reporting on the House of Lords Committee on Intergenerational Fairness. One guess as to what
April 26, 2019
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Spineless regulators have let payday lenders blight lives. Here’s why
Iona Bain Do the financial regulators actually protect us when things go wrong? It’s a fair question, after MPs called on the government to intervene
February 28, 2019
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