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Good with your money

Helping you understand your money and improve your financial capability is a priority for us at Royal London, which is why we’ve created our Good With Your Money guides. Written by our experts, these guides provide useful information on everything from understanding your taxes to solving common pension predicaments.

The Royal London guide to going self-employed

This guide is designed to help people who may be considering leaving paid employment to work for themselves. It may also prove helpful to those whose employment status has changed as a result of the pandemic. It explains the challenges of taking charge of your own income and working patterns, as well as looking at some of the gaps in your finances that you will need to fill.

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Family Financial Planning

This guide is designed to help aspiring first-time parents with their financial planning.

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Power of Attorney explained

This guide goes through the key things people need to think about before deciding to act as an attorney.

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The new state pension - your questions answered

When the new state pension was introduced for those reaching pension age from 6th April 2016 it was intended to be much simpler than the system it replaced.

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Decoding your tax code

If you receive a wage or a pension, your employer or pension provider is required to deduct any income tax due before the payment is made.

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Five things to consider before opening a branch at the 'Bank of Mum and Dad'

This guide highlights the pros and cons of lending adult children money, also known as 'the bank of Mum and Dad'

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Transferring out of your company pension - what are the pros and cons?

This guide is designed to present you with options to consider when deciding whether or not transfer out of a DB Pension.

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Avoiding scams

Financial scams come in many forms and are increasing rapidly. Royal London shows you how to spot and deal with scams.

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How to make sure the right person gets your pension when you're gone

Read our guide on how to make sure that the right person gets your pensions benefits.

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