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On reflection
13 January 2018
Open banking? I think I’ll be keeping my door shut
Patrick Collinson
I might sound like a luddite, but I’m worried that letting an app access my data might leave me vulnerable to fraud
30 December 2017
We need more inheritance tax, not less
Patrick Collinson
Few things are liable to cause more anger than proposing a hike in IHT. Yet that’s just what the country needs
9 December 2017
Renting: why are we seeing the death of the living room?
Patrick Collinson
Forget lounging around on the sofa: many landlords have turned shared space into more bedrooms – and it has helped drive up prices
2 December 2017
Pensions aren’t the ticking timebomb – rents are
Patrick Collinson
Non-homeowners currently in their 50s face having to find huge amounts of money to pay ever-escalating rents
18 November 2017
House prices aren’t the issue – land prices are
Patrick Collinson
There’s a simple solution that will give us cheaper homes – if only the chancellor would listen
11 November 2017
Nationwide shows pensions’ future needn’t be a grim one
Patrick Collinson
The building society launched a campaign that has boosted contributions and made staff more engaged with its pension scheme
4 November 2017
10,000 ATMs are at risk of closing. Should we care?
Patrick Collinson
Like telephone boxes, they could become a relic of a bygone age
28 October 2017
Why we don’t need an interest rate rise (yet)
Patrick Collinson
The economy is weak and the impact of higher rates on consumer behaviour is arguable
21 October 2017
Help to buy has mostly helped housebuilders boost profits
Patrick Collinson
A Morgan Stanley report shows the government’s subsidy has driven up the price of new-build homes – and now it is lining up another £10bn
23 September 2017
You hate Ryanair – but you will fly it again
Patrick Collinson
The recent flights fiasco has upset travellers, but low prices mean they will keep on coming back
16 September 2017
The elderly could do with a national wealthcare service
Patrick Collinson
Help with day-to-day banking from family members, banks and technology would go a long way to make older people feel less financially vulnerable
9 September 2017
Monzo? It might just be the future of banking
Patrick Collinson
The smartphone-only bank account has rapidly built an almost cult-like following among young adults
19 August 2017
Let’s face it, students are likely the victims of mis-selling
Patrick Collinson
If it was a bank, we’d brand the 6.1% interest rate shameless profiteering
12 August 2017
Have we gone too far in vilifying landlords?
Patrick Collinson
Rogue landlords bring down standards and should be rooted out, but abusing perfectly decent ones is beyond the pale
5 August 2017
Destination misery: seven ways they turned airports into hell
Patrick Collinson
From duty free rip-offs to no wifi, weary holidaymakers face more than just queues
29 July 2017
It’s time to send the feudal leasehold system crashing
Patrick Collinson
We could publish horror stories every week – and not just on doubling ground rents
22 July 2017
Your state pension in Dorset – £124,000. In Glasgow? £38,000
Patrick Collinson
The UK’s ‘one size fits all’ pension is too simplistic, ignoring regional differences and life expectancy
15 July 2017
Why you might not be getting what you paid for
Patrick Collinson
We assume that we get what it says on the tin, but with cuts to Trading Standards perhaps not …
8 July 2017
Will cheap car loans steer Britain to a financial crash?
Patrick Collinson
The car-led consumer credit explosion must be controlled, perhaps by bringing in affordability rules as with mortgages
1 July 2017
Forget austerity, here’s who is to blame for your empty pockets
Patrick Collinson
It’s less to do with government cuts and more to do with profiteering by private companies
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