Which financial milestone would make you feel like you've truly 'made it' in Britain today?

No more monthly payments to the bank, just you and the deeds. For many Brits, burning the mortgage papers is the ultimate symbol of financial freedom.

Enough tucked away to weather redundancy, illness, or a dodgy boiler without panic. It's the quiet confidence of knowing you're covered.

Walking away from work on your own terms, well before the state pension kicks in. A growing dream in the FIRE-movement era.

Sending them into adulthood without tens of thousands hanging over their heads. A generational gift many parents quietly aspire to.

A bolthole in Cornwall, the Lakes or the Norfolk coast, ready whenever you fancy escaping the city. The classic British symbol of having properly arrived.