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I Built A £180,000 Investment Portfolio In 8 Years (And You Can Too!) – Ryan King

Listen to the pod Ryan King joins us to discuss how he built a £180,000 investment portfolio and how to get started investing with global index funds.  This is a investing for beginners masterclass focusing on keeping Making Money Simple which just happens to be his brand name to! ——— ?? Get FREE FRACTIONAL SHARES […]

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37,500 NS&I Customers Affected by Savings Scandal as £476m Goes Missing

Share to Facebook Pensions minister Torsten Bell has confirmed that around 37,500 customers have been affected by an NS&I scandal involving up to £476m in deposits that the savings giant failed to properly trace. Delivering a statement in Parliament, Bell revealed the Treasury was first made aware of the “operational failure” on 18 December. A

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How Much Learning To Drive Could Cost in 2031 after Prices Jump 30% in Five Years

Share to Facebook The cost of learning to drive is continuing to rise, with the bill for learner drivers set to hit nearly £2,600 in 2026. It means costs will have jumped 30% over the past five years, mainly due to the price of driving lessons that have gone up 37% since 2020. At this

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Meta Sues Deepfake Scammers as 500,000 Celebrities Enrolled in Facial Recognition System to Fight Fake Ads

Share to Facebook Meta has filed lawsuits against four scam operations in Brazil and China who were using AI-generated deepfakes of celebrities and doctors to sell fake investment schemes and dodgy health products on Facebook and Instagram. The legal action, filed on 27 February 2026, marks a significant escalation in the fight against AI-powered scams

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The UK Areas Revealed Where Council Tax Takes the Biggest Chunk of Your Income

Share to Facebook Council tax is one of those bills that just appears every year. You pay it, you don’t really think about it, and then it goes up again. But new data shows that depending on where you live, council tax could be swallowing a wildly different slice of your income – and the

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