When something happens
Some money questions arrive because you went looking for them. Others arrive because something happened. These pages are for the second kind — the moments where several parts of your finances change at once, usually when you have least appetite for working out what to do. Each one covers what matters first, what can wait, and the mistakes that are hard to undo.
Deposits, the Lifetime ISA trap, and the protection nobody mentions until completion.
The Child Benefit form that's worth thousands, and the cover that suddenly matters.
It revokes your will, unlocks two tax allowances, and changes what happens if one of you dies.
The tax you'll owe later, the safety net you've just lost, and the two dates that matter.
What to sort out first, the tax on your payment, and the pension decisions not to rush.
Pensions, the house, and the paperwork that quietly still names your ex.
What you'll owe, what you won't, and why the best first move is usually to do nothing.
How care is funded, what the means test counts, and the things to sort before capacity goes.
The practical order of things, what has a deadline, and what can safely wait.