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Essential reading for UK FIRE retirees.",{"_path":325,"title":326,"description":327},"\u002Farticles\u002Fsalary-sacrifice-pension-uk","Salary Sacrifice Pension UK: The Complete 2026 Guide","Salary sacrifice pension explained for UK employees in 2026. Cut income tax and NI, boost pension contributions, and avoid the 60% trap with worked examples.",{"_path":329,"title":330,"description":331},"\u002Farticles\u002Fsavings-rate-uk","Savings Rate UK: The Number That Decides When You Retire","Savings rate UK: why this single number decides when you retire. A 50% saver finishes in 17 years; a 10% saver in 51. 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The average representative APR on a standard card is around 24%, and the most popular subprime cards run at 35-39%. Carry a balance at those rates and your debt doubles every three years if you only pay the minimum. The card is not your friend, the lender is not your friend, and the minimum-payment line on your statement is engineered to keep you exactly where you are.",{"type":571,"tag":579,"props":585,"children":586},{},[587,589,595],{"type":577,"value":588},"The good news is that ",{"type":571,"tag":590,"props":591,"children":592},"strong",{},[593],{"type":577,"value":594},"credit card debt is the easiest type of debt to attack",{"type":577,"value":596},", because the interest rate is so high that every pound you throw at it generates a guaranteed return at that rate. Clear a 24% APR balance and you have effectively earned 24% on the money you used to clear it. 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The Bank of England base rate has been around 4-5% for a couple of years, mortgages sit around 4-5.5%, personal loans range from 6-12%. Credit cards carry a representative APR of 20-30% for prime customers and 35%+ for subprime. The gap is the lender's profit on people who carry balances.",{"type":571,"tag":579,"props":684,"children":685},{},[686,688,693],{"type":577,"value":687},"The card market works because ",{"type":571,"tag":590,"props":689,"children":690},{},[691],{"type":577,"value":692},"most people do not carry a balance",{"type":577,"value":694},". About 60% of UK card spending is paid off in full each statement cycle. The remaining 40% subsidises the rewards programmes, the cashback, and the lender's marketing budget through interest payments. If you are carrying a balance, you are funding the system, not benefiting from it.",{"type":571,"tag":579,"props":696,"children":697},{},[698,700,705],{"type":577,"value":699},"The first principle of getting out of card debt: ",{"type":571,"tag":590,"props":701,"children":702},{},[703],{"type":577,"value":704},"cards are not income smoothing",{"type":577,"value":706},". They are an emergency tool for the rare situation where you need to pay something now and pay back within the statement cycle. Anything else is paying 24% to access your own future income.",{"type":571,"tag":598,"props":708,"children":710},{"id":709},"the-minimum-payment-trap",[711],{"type":577,"value":627},{"type":571,"tag":579,"props":713,"children":714},{},[715],{"type":577,"value":716},"Look at your most recent credit card statement. Find the \"minimum payment\" line. UK regulations require it to be at least 1% of the balance plus interest plus fees, with a £5 minimum. 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