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‘I’ll end up owing £200k’ — a graduate generation trapped and betrayed

All students are stuck with crippling debt, but one group is suffering more than others, reveals Mary Downer

Multi-generation family walking along the beach with grandparents swinging a child.
Multi-generation family walking along the beach with grandparents swinging a child.
The sandwich generation survival guide
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Illustration of an older man holding money, a younger woman with a backpack and phone, and British twenty pound notes, all against an orange background.
From pensioners to students: who really will be better off in 2026
Illustration of apartment building keys on a keychain.
Q&A
Is my Liverpool new-build buy-to-let flat a dud?
Property & Home
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
The buy-to-let investor cashing in on a landlord exodus
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
The four credit cards you should have in your wallet
Illustration of apartment building keys on a keychain.
Illustration of apartment building keys on a keychain.
Q&A
Is my Liverpool new-build buy-to-let flat a dud?
Property & Home
Illustration of apartment building keys on a keychain.
Illustration of apartment building keys on a keychain.
Q&A
Is my Liverpool new-build buy-to-let flat a dud?
Property & Home
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
The buy-to-let investor cashing in on a landlord exodus
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
The buy-to-let investor cashing in on a landlord exodus
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
The four credit cards you should have in your wallet
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
The four credit cards you should have in your wallet
Illustration of apartment building keys on a keychain.
Q&A
Is my Liverpool new-build buy-to-let flat a dud?
Property & Home
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
The buy-to-let investor cashing in on a landlord exodus
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
The four credit cards you should have in your wallet
Illustration of apartment building keys on a keychain.
Illustration of apartment building keys on a keychain.
Q&A
Is my Liverpool new-build buy-to-let flat a dud?
Property & Home
Illustration of apartment building keys on a keychain.
Illustration of apartment building keys on a keychain.
Q&A
Is my Liverpool new-build buy-to-let flat a dud?
Property & Home
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
The buy-to-let investor cashing in on a landlord exodus
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
John Pemberton poses for photographs outside his property in south London.
The buy-to-let investor cashing in on a landlord exodus
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
The four credit cards you should have in your wallet
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
A smiling woman uses her laptop and credit card for online shopping at a marina cafe.
The four credit cards you should have in your wallet
Illustration of a white moving van with a monstrous face, devouring money, a clock, and boxes as a tiny person watches in alarm.
Holly ThomasOur movers didn’t finish until 4am — and still wanted £400 more
a woman with blonde hair is wearing a black top and a gold necklace
Johanna NobleYoung people are paying the price for flawed inflation data
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Ian CowieAll this Trump turbulence could boost defence spending bigly

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Tax

A man's hands on a desk, one with a red pencil on a document, the other pressing a button on a calculator, with a pink binder labeled "TAX" in the background.
Investors at risk of tax fines thanks to government glitch

Be careful with your tax return — HMRC’s own tool for working out how much CGT you owe doesn’t take into account changes made in 2024

Randy and Kit Cassingham on the island of Leleuvia, Fiji.
‘It’s cheaper than London’: meet the people who live on a cruise ship
Colorful beach huts at Mudeford Sandbank, Dorset.
Prime Dorset beach huts to be hit with ‘second home’ tax bills
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Is Starmer right when he says we’ll feel better off in 2026?
Emily Pomroy-Smith, a woman with dark curly hair and a white collared shirt, sits in front of shelves stocked with fabric.
‘Our zero-bill home cost us thousands — but it paid off’
Illustration of a map of the UK with a tartan pattern, stacks of coins, and a location pin with the Scottish flag.
The tartan tax: why it costs £24,000 more to live in Scotland
Woman browsing clothes in a Mind charity thrift shop.
Generous taxpayers could be missing out on millions in charity relief
Illustration of a man in glasses and a suit looking forward with a serious expression, overlaid on geometric shapes.
Is Starmer right when he says we’ll feel better off in 2026?
Emily Pomroy-Smith, a woman with dark curly hair and a white collared shirt, sits in front of shelves stocked with fabric.
‘Our zero-bill home cost us thousands — but it paid off’
Illustration of a map of the UK with a tartan pattern, stacks of coins, and a location pin with the Scottish flag.
The tartan tax: why it costs £24,000 more to live in Scotland
Woman browsing clothes in a Mind charity thrift shop.
Generous taxpayers could be missing out on millions in charity relief
Randy and Kit Cassingham on the island of Leleuvia, Fiji.
‘It’s cheaper than London’: meet the people who live on a cruise ship
Colorful beach huts at Mudeford Sandbank, Dorset.
Prime Dorset beach huts to be hit with ‘second home’ tax bills

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