Katharine McPhee, 36, hits back at troll who claimed she married David Foster, 71, for his money

Katharine McPhee hit back at trolls who claimed she’s only married to husband David Foster for his money. The singer, 36, took to Instagram on Sunday to wish her other half, 71, a happy Valentine’s Day, but while she was delighted to celebrate the occasion some critics felt it necessary to troll her over their … Read more

Ministers again refuse to back proposals aimed at helping disabled trust fund savers

The Government has again refused to publicly back proposals designed to make it easier for the parents of disabled children to access Child Trust Fund savings, as it was warned as much as £107million could be ‘lost’ over the next decade. Responding to questions in the House of Lords on Thursday, justice minister Lord Wolfson … Read more

How many shares do you need to diversify a portfolio?

How many different shares should you hold? We put this question to three top investing experts and their answers were six, 12, and a few dozen… However, they did all add essentially the same rider, ‘it depends’. What it depends on is the level of diversification you manage to achieve with the shares you own, … Read more

How can I find out if my civil service pension is invested ethically?

Could you please tell me how I find out how my pension is invested. I’m in the civil service pension scheme, and I’m interested how the money is invested, that it is not invested in fossil fuel industries and that it is invested ethically. I could not find any data on this. Could you send … Read more

Average property asking prices creep up again, Rightmove says

Average asking prices have ‘surprisingly’ increased in the past four weeks, after three consecutive months of falls, fresh data from property website Rightmove reveals.  According to Rightmove’s latest figures, average asking price swelled by £1,522, or 0.5 per cent, to £318,580 in the past month. The property site says one in five buyers who agreed … Read more

Louisiana mom who sprayed her hair with Gorilla Glue is donating her $20k GoFundMe money to charity

The Louisiana mother who sprayed her hair with Gorilla Glue has said she is donating $20,000 of her GoFundMe money to charity after a doctor carried out a $12,500 procedure to remove the adhesive for free.  Tessica Brown, 40, from Violet, will give the cash to the Restore Foundation, which helps those needing reconstructive surgery, her … Read more

Detached home prices grow three times faster than flats as Covid makes housing ladder hard to climb

The price of a detached house shot up three times faster than that of a flat in 2020, as lockdown drove buyers to seek out bigger homes with gardens. Detached homes saw their value increase by 10 per cent or £43,364 last year, with the average cost reaching £486,595 by December. This was according to … Read more

Invest now or the North will pay high price, warns L&G

L&G warns chasm between rich and poor households will widen after pandemic unless Government marshals an infrastructure investment boom By Lucy White And Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 00:01 GMT, 15 February 2021 | Updated: 00:01 GMT, 15 February 2021 The chasm between rich and poor households will widen after the pandemic unless … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: KPMG boss must be champion of diversity

RUTH SUNDERLAND: KPMG boss had to go – if you take job of senior partner at Big Four audit firm, you sign up to be a champion of diversity The views Bill Michael expressed are incompatible with leading a top accountancy firm For a multi-millionaire chief to tell his staff to ‘stop moaning’ about coronavirus … Read more

Burberry repays Bank of England loan on Chinese sales boost

Burberry repays Bank of England loan after a sales bounce-back in China By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2021 Boost: Burberry’s online sales in China grew by a ‘triple digit’ percentage in the third quarter Burberry has repaid its Bank of England loan … Read more