Help! My pension pot could run out within four years if I keep taking the same income: Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 08:26 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 08:26 BST, 25 May 2020 I am 74 years old, live in Spain with my wife and have a UK … Read more
If lockdown has you longing for flourishing flowers or a kitchen garden, award-winning Royal Horticultural Society judge Jo Thompson is here to show you how The plants in this border have been chosen to attract and support wildlife. Towards the front, spilling on to the gravel path are old fashioned peach Dianthus, Ageratum with … Read more
It’s an industry most of us associate with dingy, smoke-filled bars in Amsterdam and the more liberal states in the US and Canada. But cannabis companies are making their way to London to tap into a £100billion European market and cash in on the Square Mile’s so-called ‘green rush’ among investors. In the past few … Read more
Pointer: New tax year started on April 6 Thanks to the upheaval in our lives over the past few weeks, the start of a new tax year on April 6 will have passed many of us by. But it heralds a raft of key changes – some of which could have a positive effect on … Read more
Smoking marijuana even just occasionally could increase your risk of suffering complications from the novel coronavirus. The virus causes COVID-19, a respiratory disease that can progress from mild illness to viral pneumonia and organ failure. Doctors say cannabis leads to inflammation in the lungs, which affects the body’s ability to fight off the virus. They … Read more
A father has blocked a bin lorry in the street in a 30-minute standoff after being told his recycling could not be emptied because it had an empty Pot Noddle tub. Robert Watts, 44, claimed when his wife Linzie, 29, offered to remove it, bin men still refused as the rubbish would now be ‘contaminated’. … Read more
I’m a widow with young twins who inherited a £148,000 pension pot after my husband died, but it’s down 18% – what should I do? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 07:27 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 07:27 BST, 6 April 2020 I would like to ask you some … Read more
Chancellor’s £5bn pot to support UK exports as businesses prepare for life after Brexit By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:44 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 22:44 GMT, 10 March 2020 The Chancellor is set to hand a £5billion boost to British exports as businesses prepare for life outside the … Read more
My husband has a £380,000 pension pot, how can we ensure our children inherit what we don’t use and what tax will they pay? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 09:13 GMT, 2 March 2020 | Updated: 09:14 GMT, 2 March 2020 My husband has a pension pot of around … Read more
The rise of marijuana among boomers: Twice as many US seniors use pot as did five years ago, study finds In 2015, 2.4% of adults aged 65 and older used pot compared to 4.2% in 2018 Use among older women saw a 93% increase from 1.5% who used in 2015 compared to 2.9% in 2018 Significant … Read more