With a background in financial journalism across national titles, Ruby loves helping people take control of their money and specialises in pensions, tax, banking and benefits. If you plan to pass on ...

More families are bracing for inheritance tax bills – often running into tens of thousands of pounds – with people in some parts of the country to be worse hit than others. A new report has ...

Government plans to slap inheritance taxon pensions are already galvanising families into action to protect estates before rules change in just over a year's time.

The daunting task of working out and paying inheritance tax must be done in the immediate and intense period of grief after a death. Although the vast majority of estates aren't liable for inheritance ...