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The sum relates to money owed for childcare and other home-help expenses or charity donations in 2021

The rate will increase from 0.5% to 1% on Livret A and LDDS accounts, and from 1% to 2.2% on LEP accounts

The rapid closure of the bank’s retail business has prompted condemnation from a banking consumer association, which says it is preparing to take legal action

Rising pensions, inflation bonus, withdrawing money in a tobacco shop and more. We summarise thirteen key money and tax points

What is the situation with the Omicron variant? How many recorded new cases are there? How is the vaccination campaign progressing? We explain

Various solutions exist without having to go to a hospital

English-language helplines and support groups are available as the coronavirus pandemic continues to leave a toll on our mental health

The largest group of non-French homeowners (all homes) are the British, who own 86,000 second homes in France

Our weekly roundup of French real estate and property news, including issues with the MaPrimeRénov’ grant

One of the properties in Lorraine has five bedrooms, land and outbuildings 

Participants will become ‘co-owners’ and have the right to free entry to the site for life, a say in its future and – perhaps most exciting – the right in time to free stays at the site

It is possible to write your French will without witnesses but it is important to get it right

French law states that you could be financially responsible for your parents, grandparents, stepparents or in-laws as they grow older. We look at the rules behind this and to which relatives it can apply

Paris would not be Paris without its terrace bars and cafés with their signature rattan chairs. When Alexis Dyèvre took on Maison Gatti in 2019, he felt he was buying a small part of the French capital

With Covid raging in 2020, record numbers of workers opted to start their own businesses and the trend is growing this year. We look at the different ways of finding freedom at work in France and talk to those who have made the step