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• Housebuilders cast doubt over UK government plan to deliver new homes

  24-07-2023 20:12 via ft.com
  Gove housing reforms earn mixed reception from industry and even own MPs
  
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• UK and eurozone economic slowdown highlighted by survey data

  24-07-2023 19:15 via ft.com
  China’s lightweight economic stimulus, Twitter rebranded as X, ‘Barbenheimer’ boost for cinemas
  
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• Express readers call for BBC licence fee to be replaced with advertising

  24-07-2023 18:56 via express.co.uk
  
  A new Express.co.uk poll has shown that more than half of readers think that the BBC should be funded through advertising when the royal charter expires.
  
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• Memo to Sadiq Khan: here’s how to redesign Ulez

  24-07-2023 16:22 via ft.com
  Properly structured road pricing is critical to improving air quality in big cities like London
  
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• Gatwick airport set to avoid strikes in peak summer travel season

  24-07-2023 15:33 via ft.com
  Union calls off some walkouts at ground handling companies while other workers vote on better pay offers
  
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• HMRC warns 170,000 Tax Credit claimants to act now or risk having payments stopped

  24-07-2023 15:18 via express.co.uk
  
  More than 170,000 Tax Credit customers must reply to HMRC by the deadline or will risk having their payments stopped.
  
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• Three million savings accounts now at risk of tax - ‘key’ ways to reduce burden

  24-07-2023 13:59 via express.co.uk
  
  Frozen allowances and higher interest rates are dragging more savers into tax thresholds.
  
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• Bank increases interest rate on fixed savings account and earns a ‘top’ position in market

  24-07-2023 13:35 via express.co.uk
  
  Vanquis Bank has increased the rate on its one-year fixed bond offering savers more for their money.
  
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• Pensioners warned they could face £80,000 tax bill even if on a modest income

  24-07-2023 13:17 via express.co.uk
  
  Pensioners have been urged to check if their estate will be hit by inheritance tax as there are steps people can take to reduce their liability.
  
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• British Gas incorrect reading left pensioner overpaying energy bill by £3,500 in 7 years

  24-07-2023 12:23 via express.co.uk
  
  A pensioner has had to give up visiting her family abroad and cancel her dentist appointments because she did not have any extra cash after being overcharged on her energy bills.
  
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• 'Hang up': Britons warned of free pension review scam stealing life savings

  24-07-2023 12:06 via express.co.uk
  
  The FCA warns it could take people "several years" to realise they've been scammed out of their pensions.
  
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• Family 'could soon be homeless' after taking out bank loans to cover soaring energy bills

  24-07-2023 11:14 via express.co.uk
  
  The family of six are struggling to cover their bills despite working 17-hour days to keep their pub open.
  
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• 'Letters were frightening!' Woman shocked to receive £500 NHS prescription penalty charge

  24-07-2023 11:06 via express.co.uk
  
  Sick people in England are being caught out by the complex rules which exempt some from NHS prescription charges.
  
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• UK economic activity slows as rising interest rates hit spending

  24-07-2023 11:02 via ft.com
  Downturn in manufacturing deepens, survey shows
  
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• Britain urgently needs growth... Instead, the BoE is deliberately giving us a recession

  24-07-2023 10:54 via express.co.uk
  
  The UK's debts are rolling up at speed and we can't tax our way out of this corner. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has already driven the nation's tax burden to a 70-year high, and is nowhere near plugging our mighty £2.57trillion deficit.
  
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• The cost of living crisis is no reason to buy now, regulate later

  24-07-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  BNPL can be useful but it should be monitored alongside other forms of consumer credit
  
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• Generation Rent is at the sharp end of rate rises

  24-07-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  Landlords with buy-to-rent mortgages are passing on their pain
  
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• Is the UK economy still a global outlier?

  24-07-2023 05:00 via ft.com
  Latest data suggest stronger than expected economic resilience and easing inflation
  
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• MPs urge changes to tax relief to boost UK’s regional start-ups

  24-07-2023 01:01 via ft.com
  Call for reform with London and the South East accounting for 80% of VC investment
  
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