Journal · 4 articles

Money

The working shown, never advice: how careful savers learn to spend, what National Insurance gaps mean for your State Pension, how people bridge the years before it starts, and timing the big purchases.

Articles

6 min readNational Insurance gaps: what they are and whether filling them is worth itWhat NI gaps are, what a year costs and adds, and when filling one won’t help.Read → 6 min readBig purchases: before or after you go part-time?Car, boiler, big trip? Questions to help you time big purchases before dialling down.Read → 5 min readSaved all your life, so why does spending feel so hard?Why careful savers struggle to spend, and gentle ways to turn a pot back into a life.Read → 6 min readThe bridge years: getting from working less to your State PensionGetting from working less to your State Pension: the usual ingredients, explained.Read →

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