Johanna Noble

If a pension were an athlete it would not be doing the 100m sprint or skiing down the French Alps. Instead the race it would be most likely to take part in is the marathon. Slow and steady with plenty

If Jeremy Hunt stood up in the Commons on Wednesday and announced an income tax rise there would be uproar. But this is exactly what has been happening over the past decade as the government relied on stealth taxes to bolster its coffers. Fiscal drag, the insidious way to collect tax without headlin

Make work pay. This was the message the chancellor wanted to convey when he delivered the autumn statement.Jeremy Hunt made much of the fact that national insu

Families, in particular, will feel the pinch of a rising tax burden. The autumn statement was a chance for Jeremy Hunt to help parents, says Johanna Noble

Those who benefited from the Bank of England’s low interest rates have paid off their mortgages, holiday in the Maldives and buy £7 cauliflowers from Oxted

A rate rise survival kit is helping me cope with the end of my cheap fixed deal

The FCA will review PCP deals following a surge in complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service

Child benefit, tax thresholds and stamp duty all need an overhaul, and the effects would be long lasting, says Johanna Noble

Despite huge delays at the Courts & Tribunals Service, HMRC will only help in exceptional circumstances — bereaved families deserve better, says Johanna Noble

Don’t fret over the things you cannot change, if you want to pay less tax you need to think about what you can do, says Johanna Noble