The recent headlines about aspects of the State Pension have not been overly positive, focusing on the suspension of the triple lock and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) mistakes.
September is a time of return to education for school pupils and university students and marks a return to work for many others.
Hot Tuesday afternoons at the end of summer are not normally that exciting, but yesterday was an exception, as the government broke not one, but two of its manifesto promises.
Autumn seems to have arrived about a month early according to the weather, and the return to school beckons.
I anticipate that cheers will soon be coming from Guildford High Street as GCSE and A-level students begin to receive their exam results.
For those of us above the age of 40 or so, you may remember that August each year used to see the launch of the year’s only new car registration number.
Many have been concerned about the financial divide that the pandemic has widened.
Did you ever have a favourite denomination of coin or note that you always kept handy?
With half term over and the children back in school, I think it would be great to start with a look at the way pocket money habits have changed over the last historic year.