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What You Need to Know About Maternity Pay
The Story Pregnancy is a gratifying time of life but calculating how much maternity pay you’ll get is not. Instead, it’s a complicated web of government rules to wade through. So, to make…
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How Much Inheritance Tax Will You Pay?
Money that is left to you in a will may be taxed at a whopping 40%. Yes you read that right. Back Up In 1894 the UK gov introduced ‘estate duty’, aka inheritance…
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How to Reduce the Cost of Childcare?
The Story One of the (unwanted) surprises of becoming a parent is the cost of childcare. Sometimes this can be as much as your yearly rent or mortgage! Yeah, seriously. Before you…
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Why Shared Parental Leave Should be on Your Radar
The Story In 2015 the government launched Shared Parental Leave, which means you can share your time off once you’ve had a baby with your partner. We’re cheers-ing to that! So how exactly…
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Should you open a Junior ISA for your child?
These accounts focus on the long-term because money can’t be withdrawn until your child turns 18. What do you get in return? Junior Cash ISAs tend to pay more interest than regular child…