The first 73-mile stretch between Watford and Rugby was completed on Monday 2 November 1959 having taken 19 months to construct.
For the first time, a battery health grading system has been introduced into the used EV market by auctioneers BCA.
That's the strategy being pursued by the Government because of a green plan dreamed up by civil servants that could lead to a glut of expensive EVs.
Hyundai bosses say the new Inster will 'redefine ultra-small EVs'. We've driven it months before it arrives in the UK to test the claims.
As a third-generation pawnbroker, I have bought and sold gold for most of my life. Here's how to tell what YOURS is worth - and whether you should sell it.
Pensions expert says it is vital not to leave the money in a bank account paying a poor rate of interest, where you may be tempted to dip in.
Of all the personal finance measures announced in the Chancellor's high-spending, high-taxing Budget, the one that took experts by surprise was the hike in capital gains tax (CGT) on share sales.
The world's biggest music company saw its shares spike as much as 5 per cent in Amsterdam following the investor update. They finally closed 1.7 per cent higher.
The Financial Conduct Authority said the hedge fund tycoon had deliberately tried to frustrate an investigation into his conduct.
It has unsettled the bond markets which forced Liz Truss from office, raised questions over interest rates and has been disdainfully received by credit rating agencies Moody's and S&P.
The lawsuit alleged that Mead Johnson, which makes baby formula, had failed to warn that its products could cause the illness.
Britain's largest supermarket group said it would begin a share buyback after completing a previous £1billion buyback programme that is still ongoing.
Anyone now contemplating taking a bet on Ashley's combination of acumen and assertiveness should be aware that not everything that he touches turns to gold.
Official figures showed the world's biggest economy added just 12,000 jobs in October, the lowest level for nearly four years, and far short of the 113,000 economists expected.
While it left many with something to be miserable about, there were also some important dodged bullets. The This is Money podcast team rate the Budget.
Family legacy plans have been upended by inheritance tax changes in the Budget, because retirement pots have been treated generously by the taxman in recent years.
The S&P Global UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index dipped to 49.9 in October from 51.5 in September, the first time it has fallen below 50 since April.
When NS&I is behind on fundraising targets it can respond by raising savings rates, as when it launched its best-selling 6.2 per cent Guaranteed Growth and Income Bonds in March 2024.
Higher stamp duty and potential mortgage rate rises could hit house prices in the coming months, according to experts.
We pick our five favourite cash Isas for savers. This is essential reading to help you choose a top savings account for your money that can also protect you from tax.
The winner bought their winning bond 54 years ago in February 1970, showing that good things often do come to those who wait.
Rachel Reeves' Budget was full of policies that mean retirement saving could be about get harder. Here's how it could affect your pension - and what you can do now to build a golden retirement.
Tesla's Self-Serve programme has expanded to almost 20 new locations across the UK with Elon Musk's brand sounding the death knell for the car salesman.
Have you won one of this month's major prizes? Our tables show all the £1,000 to £1m winners.
Chancellors come in all shapes and sizes, intent on stamping their brand of politics on to the nation's finances. Often, as with Ms Reeves's disastrous Budget two days ago, for the worse.
Here's everything you need to know about the impact on your motoring bills as Rachel Reeves freezes fuel duty for a 15th consecutive year.
We explain what savers need to know about cash and stocks and shares Isas and how they function as a tax shield - as well as highlighting some of the best rates.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves dropped a pension reform bombshell in Wednesday's Budget so dramatic that experts say the golden rules of retirement income planning now need to be thrown out the window.
Each month we keep an eye out for the luckiest Premium Bonds holders who manage to bag big prizes with tiny holdings.
The sibling doesn't live in the house, but is entitled to a proportion of its value through an inheritance. My parents want to buy them out, but can't get a mortgage on their own.
Amazon reported an 11% rise in sales to £123bn for the three months to the end of September. Apple posted a 6% jump over the same period (to £73.6bn).
On a day of turmoil on financial markets, blue chip developer Persimmon fell 7.5% while Bellway was down 7% and Taylor Wimpey shed 6.7%.
The Office for Budget Responsibility said debt interest payments will total £672bn between now and 2029-30 - or more than £100bn a year.
As an industry, farming's contribution, put at £13.9bn, is relatively modest. But the family-owned farm is critical to the UK's culture.
While some 1.4million UK households have solar panels, around 4.9 per cent of the population, just 43 per cent of those with solar panels, or 602,000 also have a home battery.
If swap rates remain where they are currently, we are likely to see mortgage rates rise, according to one mortgage expert.
The messages claim to be from Government departments, and direct victims via a link to another website where they are asked to pay money or enter personal information.
There are more than 7,000 speed cameras on our road network - catching millions of motorists every year using a variety of traps.
Pensions will be included in the assets that count towards inheritance tax from April 2027, throwing family legacy plans into turmoil.
Due to a quirk of the system, a two-parent household earning a joint £110,000 would keep more of their child benefit than a single parent earning £60,000.
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The Chancellor announced £500m of funding to help fix Britain's crumbling roads in the Autumn Budget, but experts have scorned the amount, saying it 'won't make a dent' in the issue.
Public chargepoint operators offering the fastest charging speeds to EV owners are switching towards offering peak and off-peak tariffs, new research has found.
The Chancellor's reaffirmed Labour's will to 'support take-up of electric vehicles' in today's Budget. What do these tax incentives and other promises mean for EV drivers?
Rachel Reeves will double the first-year tax rates on new petrol and diesel cars from April in a bid to force more drivers to choose electric vehicles.
In the past 12 months alone, these firms have fared even worse, falling four per cent, while the S&P 500 grew 34 per cent in comparison.
Major reforms announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves during the Budget yesterday have added yet more complexities when it comes to inheritance tax.
The long-rumoured increase will see businesses pay more towards their employees' pensions, increasing from 13.8% to 15%.
Rachel Reeves announced a hike to capital gains tax on small investors, raising the tax on stocks and shares to match the higher rates currently paid on property.
Each eligible home can access £15,000 for energy perfomance improvements and an additional £15,000 to install low-carbon heating, such as heat pumps.
We were prepared for the worst - a devastating tax hit on Middle England. But today's Budget, delivered by a feisty Chancellor of the Exchequer, wasn't quite as bad as most of us expected.
Buy-to-let investors and second home owners to pay thousands more when they buy properties, as concerns raised that it could lead to higher rents for tenants.
Concerns the Chancellor would limit the amount of tax-free cash pension savers can take from their pots were allayed today.
Savers had been waiting with bated breath to see if the the Chancellor would tinker with Isas in the Budget.
As many as 27% of parents are likely to fall short if schools pass on the VAT hike to parents, and many say they will take on extra debt, according to research.
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The number of heat pumps in the UK has been increasing, as households attempt to reduce their emissions and cut bills - but the upfront cost is a barrier.
Why does Nationwide need to know my employer, work address, job title, annual income and where my money is coming from just to open a savings account?
Loyalty schemes have become ever more popular since shops and supermarkets started offering two-tier pricing where members pay less on certain items.
Reverend Philip Stamp was sure he remembered saving into a pension during his days before the priesthood, when he worked at a brewery in the 1970s.
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If you own one of a number of major China-linked stocks or a FTSE 100 tracker, then you should be paying attention. And even if your portfolio is not exposed, you should still care about China.
The house price at which home buyers start paying the tax will revert to the level set before temporary changes were made in 2022, so more will be drawn into the net.
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Some 39% of Evri customers are dissatisfied with the contact processes of the firm, according to Ofcom's annual Post Monitoring Report.
Royal Mail will take longer to deliver millions of business letters as part of a trial ahead of official changes to regulations.
Boss Stephen Burns said revenues for the year to September 30 will exceed £230 million, fuelled by a strong performance from Canada.
The 20 per cent increase in fees - which typically range from £6,000 to £13,000 a term - is affecting negotiations of 'school fees orders', explain lawyers.
Owning a home is now 17% cheaper than renting for a first-time buyer, after high interest rates briefly brought the costs close to being equal.
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Would you have lunch or a work meeting at your bank branch? In a bid to avoid more closures, the likes of Halifax, Santander and Virgin Money want you to do just that.
Markets here are nervous about the Budget - but the outcome of the US election is more important for Britons.
Buyagift has taken £200 from my banked vouchers. There is no way of contacting anyone except online and they are not answering.
Hayes starred in three Cliff Richard films as well as It Ain't Half Hot Mum - but says that today he doesn't make a penny from the hit Summer Holiday.
If the base rate falls to 3.5% next year as like some analysts are predicting, mortgage borrowers could find themselves able to borrow up to 18% more.
Criminals are using secret channels to sell Nectar card balances to defraud unsuspecting customers, This Is Money can reveal.
Mortgage preferences have shifted from five to two years, as borrowers predict rates will fall by 2026 - but experts say they could remain static.
Leading high street retailers have been accused of excluding millions of customers from lower prices due to loyalty scheme restrictions.
Mortgage rates are heading higher once again, with big lenders now reversing some of the cuts made in recent months.
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Jaguar has temporarily ceased selling new cars in the UK after killing off its last remaining combustion-engined model. It will now embark on a period away from the market as it prepares to go EV-only.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves revealed £40billion worth of tax hikes and a surge in government borrowing in a highly anticipated Autumn Budget.
Smith & Nephew anticipates full-year sales growth of 4.5%, not 5% to 6%. Sales in the third-quarter were up 4% - or 5.9% excluding China - to £1.1bn.
Reeves slashed the IHT exemption, which is currently worth 40 per cent, down to 20 per cent. There were fears leading up to her debut Budget that the exemption would be removed entirely.
Frasers Group demanded Boohoo investors in an open letter last week be granted a vote on Ashley replacing John Lyttle as CEO, calling it the 'best solution' to the firm's 'leadership crisis.'
The Institute for Fiscal Studies said Reeves allowed speculation about a possible raid on pensions to swirl as she finalised her plans.
Shell said it would lobby the Government for 'alternative fiscal regimes' after the Chancellor hiked the windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers.
Estee Lauder, which counts actress Ana de Armas (pictured) among its ambassadors, brought in sales of £2.6bn in the three months to the end of September.
The Government yesterday pushed back a decision on selecting a company to build the new technology in a blow to Britain's nuclear ambitions.
Rachel Reeves was in her element at the annual meeting of the IMF in Washington last week. None of her recent Tory predecessors attracted anything like the same level of attention.
'The best policy option older people on tight budgets now have left is to hope and pray for a mild winter,' said the boss of Age UK.
The FTSE 250 company, is struggling to boost sales and turn profitable amidst a post-pandemic shift back to shopping in supermarkets.
Olympus has asked its boss to resign over claims he bought illegal drugs. German businessman Stefan Kaufmann, took over in April last year.
Grieving families will pay billions more in inheritance tax over the next five years after Chancellor Rachel Reeves launched a three-pronged raid on bequeathed estates.
Europe's biggest oil company reported adjusted earnings of $6billion for the three months ending September, compared to average analyst predictions of $5.4billion.
It is undoubtedly one of the standout attacks of the Budget. Pension savers have been dealt a surprise blow as they now face a new death tax. Suddenly, families face paying inheritance tax at 40%.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a hike on charges on passenger air travel, increasing the duty by £2 for short haul economy flights.
As Chancellor Rachel Reeves sets out plans to grab a bigger chunk of people's wealth when they pass away, one little-known trick has escaped her gaze.
Reeves increased the tax on carried interest - the portion of returns shared by private equity executives - from 28% to 32% from April next year, and to 34% by 2026.
The so-called energy profits levy will be raised from 35% to 38% from next month - taking the headline rate of tax for producers to 78%.
The Chancellor said AIM shares - which are typically smaller fast-growing companies in need of investor support - would no longer be fully exempt from inheritance tax.
Reeves (pictured) was warned she is walking a 'tightrope' as she seeks to fulfil her spending pledges while avoiding another rout on the bond markets.
As expected, the Chancellor ditched the old way of measuring the parlous state of the public finances so that she can borrow more.
As the crisis in German industry deepened, Volkswagen, Europe's largest car maker posted third quarter profits of £1.3bn.
In another boost for boss Lord Wolfson (pictured), the High Street stalwart raised its profit target for the year by £10m from £995m to £1.005bn.
Gordon Brown may have tested everyone's patience but one can never imagine him delivering anything as challenging to the public finances as Rachel Reeves.
A spokesman said the president of its China business Leon Wang is co-operating with an investigation by Ch.inese authorities.
There are a few simple things you could still consider to protect some of your cash from the tax grab before they are implemented.
We outline the key data and charts from the OBR's latest forecasts, bearing in mind Reeves announced £40bn worth of tax hikes in the Budget .
Reeves introduced tax increases in the form of higher National Insurance contributions, as well as a higher minimum wage and changes to capital gains tax.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) and colleagues see building more houses and better infrastructure as keys to economic expansion.
The FTSE 100 closed down 59.98 points at 8159.63 as traders digest Chancellor Rachel Reeves's Budget today.
The Chancellor has said the freeze on income tax thresholds will finally end from 2029 but by then it will have cost workers a huge amount.
First-time buyers look set to pay thousands more on stamp duty costs after Rachel Reeves opted to steer clear of any tweaks in the budget.
Pubs, restaurants and bars will be allowed a 40 per cent discount on their business rates bills from April up to a maximum cap of £110,000 per firm.
Rachel Reeves announced that many benefits would rise by 1.7% - the level of consumer price index inflation in September 2024.
Today we will finally discover how Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves intends to raise up to £35 billion in new taxes.
The London-listed bank revealed its underlying pre-tax profits soared by 37 per cent to $1.81billion in the three months ending September, against analyst estimates of $1.6billion.
The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine have underlined the importance to all our lives of energy security and put fossil fuels back on the agenda.
Financial experts say it is important not to panic, but there are a few simple tweaks you could still make to protect your cash from a tax grab.
The luxury automaker reported pre-tax losses of £12.2million for the three months ending September, compared to £117.6million over the same period last year.
Online trading platforms such as CMC Markets and IG Group were hit by speculation over what might happen to capital gains tax.
People have been piling money into tax-free Isas in the days and weeks leading up to the Budget - and there is still time to do so.
The boom experienced by the weight loss drug market comes as little surprise when considering that almost a third of the world's population are potential customers.
The beauty industry is the latest to sound the alarm over likely tax hikes in the Budget.
The number of clients using up their entire £20,000 Isa allowance already is up 40 per cent on last year, according to Hargreaves Lansdown.
BP's third quarter earnings fell 30% to £1.8bn - the lowest level in four years - amid a slowdown in global economic activity and oil demand.
The Chancellor will hit corporate Britain with an increase in employer NI contributions of up to 2p having previously branded the levy a 'tax on jobs'.
The German sportswear company said it enjoyed a better-than-expected third quarter thanks to both clothing and footwear divisions doing well.
Chief exec Elhedery (pictured) pushed back against speculation that his major overhaul of HSBC was a step towards spinning off parts of the bank.
The US group's revenues dropped 1.5% over the three months to September 30, held back by weak demand in the UK and France.
Hargreaves said it brought in £500 million in net new business in the three months to September 30, compared with £600m in the previous quarter.
The educational publisher revealed its underlying revenues rose by 4 per cent in the three months ending September, taking its total growth over the first nine months of 2024 to 2 per cent.
The biggest charges would be levied on motorists travelling at peak times on the busiest roads under proposed system, which could help cut congestion.
Europe's biggest bank reported its pre-tax profits grew by 10% to $8.5billion (£6.6billion) in the three months ending September.
The energy giant made an underlying replacement cost profit - its preferred measure of earnings - of $2.3billion (£1.75billion) for the three months ending September.
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to hike charges on passenger air travel in tomorrow's Budget, with some decrying the move as a 'holiday tax'.
Stuart Simpson took over as chief executive of Vertical Aerospace from Stephen Fitzpatrick - best known for running energy company Ovo - in May.
Analysts at investment banks across the City expect the Treasury to announce plans to take on some £300billion of new debt this year through the sale of gilts.
The US, in contrast to most of the rest of the wealthy Group of Seven economies, is doing fine - but for ordinary folks the scars of the cost of living still live on.
Rumoured plans to axe a lucrative tax break could leave more companies vulnerable to takeover, further diminishing London's shrinking small-cap market, a fund manager has warned.
Oil stocks took a knock as the price of crude fell nearly $5 a barrel on hopes full-blown war in the Middle East can be avoided.
A suitor with links to the United Arab Emirates royalty has swooped on a green energy firm backed by Labour donor.
The Mercedes is one of 29 lightweight aluminium-bodies examples of the German marque's most famous sports cars, but it's not had the cherished life it arguably deserved.