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This family hatchback is reliable, great to drive and easy to get your hands on. In fact, it took the crown as the best used car because the market is flooded with low-mileage examples with full service histories and barely a scratch on the paintwork. So can you guess which model it is?

Higher rate taxpayers earning £50,000 a year will get a £236 tax cut next year, while those earning £30,000 will benefit to the tune of £101. The rise in the amount workers get to keep from their pay came as the Chancellor lifted the tax-free personal allowance to £11,850 and partially reversed years of fiscal drag by lifting the higher rate tax threshold to £46,350. Check what you will save.

Pension savers will keep their tax breaks after Chancellor Philip Hammond resisted butchering the popular incentives to raise cash for other pet projects. It was feared a major overhaul was on the cards - which could penalise older or richer savers or both - to fund a giveaway to young people.

If you have a dash cam fitted you will have solid evidence of what actually happened in an accident, it won’t simply be your word against theirs. This evidence can be used by the insurance companies or the courts to ascertain the truth and apportion blame, something which could be very beneficial to you. Here are 7 of the best devices for capturing footage for under £150.

Having popular fictional characters wear branded clothing might seem novel, but for Matchless's new owners, the Malenotti family, it is underpinned by a serious want to kickstart the heritage brand back into gear.

In November 2014, on reaching 65, I deferred receiving my state pension. With the government scheme promising a return of 10.4 per cent on the accumulated amount and a weekly pension, it seemed a 'no-brainer'. I am also receiving a local education authority and teacher's pension. Could you advise me whether to take the three years' accumulated amount as a lump sum or to start taking my state pension at the new rate. Which would be the most advantageous?

Dozens of travel companies, insurers, car dealers and even local councils are charging rip-off fees for paying by credit card - even though the Government says this is unacceptable. Our investigation found customers are having to fork out as much as 3 per cent extra to pay by credit card. In some cases, they are being charged £150 more than they would if they paid by debit card.

Isas used to be so simple. Now there are new Isas popping up all over the place with ever-more complexity. So we go back to basics and explain what they are and what they're good for. In this episode of the Big Money Questions, senior investment planner at Vanguard James Norton goes through what you need to know, and how you can get started if you are saving for the long term and want to open a stocks and shares Isa.

Even before it was off the design board, the dramatic face of the new Vantage became the inspiration for the DB10 - of which only ten were made for use in the Bond movie Spectre and driven by Daniel Craig. That's because Bond movie bosses preferred it to the looks of Aston's DB11. Now the real-life Vantage has been revealed and here are the first images of the 195mph 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 sports car.

I would like to know if I am going to lose my widow's state pension now that I have remarried. I am 73 years old and was married on September 1 this year. I have written to the pension people and rung them and have sent a copy of my marriage certificate which was counter signed at the job centre but I've heard nothing from them.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board agreed to buy 30 per cent of shares in the business, which is famous for its adverts with the colourful meerkat Aleksandr Orlov, valuing it at £2.25bn. The deal is expected to complete in April, with BHL – the owner of BGL – retaining a majority stake.

The British car maker recorded pre-tax profit of £22million in the first 9 months of this year, reversing losses of £124 million for the same period last year. It put the success down to the popularity of the new DB11 and buyers choosing higher specifications for their cars. And things could get better next year with the arrival of the new Vantage (pictured) - the model bosses predict will become the best-selling Aston Martin of all time.

The brand, which positions itself alongside the likes of online retailers Boohoo and Asos, has 70  stores and 149 concessions in the UK and Ireland. Strong results were also lifted by the continued expansion in the UK and the opening of three stores in Spain and franchises in 20 countries.

The E-Pace is expected to build on the success of Jaguar's first ever SUV, the bigger F-Pace, and win over a new breed of family buyers to the firm. I was one of the first to get behind the wheel - both on and off the road - as Jaguar held its international launch around the highways and byways of leafy Surrey and Sussex this week.

The idea is simple - using a reflective foil behind your radiator will bounce heat back into the room, rather than letting it seep out through the walls of your home. So how much does it actually save? And is it worth buying special radiator reflectors or will tin foil work just as well? We find out.

The worry for tech investors is how to pick the genuinely game-changing companies from the hyped-up wonders - and deal with sky-high valuations. Rarely has a sector been more closely watched for the first signs of boom turning into bust, yet at the same time contain firms genuinely changing our lives. We take a look and pick four top funds.

In a telephone call out of the blue, Paul Gray of Herald Investment Trusts said I held £5,000 in carbon credits and that it had a buyer lined up. I do have these credits, but had written them off as a bad investment. All sounded fine until I was told Herald could guarantee a sale for £8,000, but I would have to pay £1,640 into a bank account, to be refunded after the sale.

Research by eBay says we are likely to spend an incredible £748 each on up to 48 different gifts this year - with toys, clothes, gadgets and perfumes the most popular purchases. The good news is that it is possible to recoup the full cost of Christmas by kicking off a pre-holiday review of all our other regular expenses. You may need to wait until some annual insurance policies and contracts expire to make the biggest savings.

To clear the average national household debt of £13,000 at 6% interest with a monthly repayment of £100 will take around 17 years. There are, however, plenty of simple ways to make significant savings on your regular spending that could clear your debt - or boost your savings - in less than a year. This is Money's top 50 - updated - money-saving tips may appear light-hearted but are deadly serious.

Choosing the right DIY platform is crucial but a wealth of choice and changes to charges have left many investors scratching their heads. We pick some of the best. We also highlight why investing in an Isa makes sense, as it should protect your hopefully growing investments from tax forever.

The amount you can save into a pension ultimately depends on what you can afford - but the longer you leave it the more you will need to save. We tend to put ambitious targets on our hoped-for income in retirement and then underestimate how much we will need to set aside to achieve that. So how much should you save?

The Bank of England has raised the base rate back to 0.5 per cent. The move up from 0.25 per cent is accompanied by an Inflation Report, which will outline where the bank sees things moving next. Expectations are that rates will not move up swiftly after this first rise, This is Money will bring you the details of the Inflation report and analysis imminently.

Compare your pay to the national average and see whether your employer treated you to a pay rise in line with the the rest of your profession. Farmers, care and air travel assistants were big winners on the pay scales in 2016. Travel agents, careers advisers and probation officers lost out.