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UK pensioners left on ‘financial cliff edge’ by cuts to…

Posted by August 4, 2024

Tens of thousands of pensioners are on a financial cliff edge because of the government’s decision to radically restrict winter fuel payments, a new analysis

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‘Brexit Britain’ is outperforming Europe – but Labour threatens to…

Posted by August 4, 2024

But there are some silver linings, too.The relatively strong performance of the UK economy and greater political stability is p

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Post Office inquiry: Four key moments and what happens next

Posted by August 4, 2024

The Post Office Horizon IT scandal may well be "the worst miscarriage of justice in recent British legal history".Jason Beer KC, counsel to the in

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Desperation behind sharp rise in energy theft, says fuel charity

Posted by August 3, 2024

Getty Images"Desperation" is behind a sharp rise in the number of reports of energy theft or meter tampering, according to a fuel poverty charity.There has been

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Britain set for growth with International Investment Summit

Posted by August 3, 2024

UK will host major International Investment Summit on 14 October 2024 as it drives forward national mission for growth. Prime Minister to bring together u

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Attacks on female presenters make sport a ‘dark place’, says…

Posted by August 3, 2024

Younger fans are following sport in a fundamentally different way, he said, following individuals rather than teams and watchin

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Chicken chain Wingstop fires up sale of British operation 

Posted by August 3, 2024

Wingstop, the quick-service chicken chain which is Britain's fastest-growing restaurant operator, is hoisting a "for sale" sign over its UK busine

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Why Rachel Reeves is quickly losing her case for tax…

Posted by August 3, 2024

Yael Selfin, the chief economist at KPMG UK, says momentum should be maintained for the rest of the year as wages rise faster t

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Don’t be fooled by the interest rate cut – higher…

Posted by August 2, 2024

Mortgage payers and business owners will be hopeful that a cut in interest rates to 5% by the Bank of England this week signals a return to the pre-pandemic era

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Rolls-Royce to give its 42,000 employees £700 of shares.

Posted by August 2, 2024

The move is expected to cost the company about £30m. UK workers will not be able to sell the shares for three years, after which they will be taxable, unless t

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Pensions are not just a plaything for politicians, Rachel Reeves…

Posted by August 2, 2024

The Chancellor, a former shadow pensions minister, has labelled her proposals to shake-up the pensions industry a “big bang o

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Insurance boss issues warning over using pensions to drive UK…

Posted by August 2, 2024

The boss of Royal London, the UK’s biggest insurance group owned by its members, has expressed caution about Labour’s ambition to use pensions to drive econ

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