Finance news

• Big week for central banks

  25-07-2023 22:00
  
  This week the US, EU and Japan will announce their rates. How will markets respond?
  
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• ‘I’ve tried many side hustles - here’s how I earned £550,000 last year'

  25-07-2023 19:10 via express.co.uk
  
  Millions of people are taking on side hustles to pursue passion projects and, more importantly, make money.
  
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• Number in temporary housing in England hits 25-year high

  25-07-2023 18:35
  Homelessness rising sharply as rental and mortgage costs soar, official figures show
  
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• UK government says energy certificates need ‘fundamental reform’ in latest green shift

  25-07-2023 18:16
  Ministers will also delay recycling scheme and heat pump push in series of pre-election policy changes
  
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• Gilts: linkers are stinkers for the cash-strapped UK

  25-07-2023 17:10
  Historically inflation helped governments lighten their debt burden but this time it is having the opposite effect
  
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• Single mum shares side hustle for ‘broke and lazy’ people which could earn you £130,000

  25-07-2023 16:59 via express.co.uk
  
  Side hustles are being taken on by more and more people thanks to online services, such as Amazon.
  
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• 'We retired early and travel the world in luxury - we'll explain the method we used'

  25-07-2023 16:54 via express.co.uk
  
  Early retirement has become a goal for thousands of people all around the world who are saving more to achieve FIRE.
  
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• UK to rack up highest debt interest payments of G7 for first time in history – new charts

  25-07-2023 16:44 via express.co.uk
  
  Since May, the Government's colossal debt pile has been above 100 percent of GDP for the first time since the aftermath of World War Two.
  
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• Britain is broke. Sunak and Starmer are merely fighting over who gets the blame

  25-07-2023 16:20 via express.co.uk
  
  The Tories and Labour both pretend they want to win the next general election but the grim truth is that this will be a good election to lose. The winner will inherit a right old mess.
  
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• UK delays £1.7bn recycling scheme after warnings from food producers

  25-07-2023 16:18
  Sector welcomes announcement of one-year deferral for new packaging waste responsibilities
  
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• UK government faces £150bn bill to cover Bank of England’s QE losses

  25-07-2023 16:14
  Estimated cost to taxpayers has increased sharply as interest rates have risen
  
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• Market-leading lifetime ISA offers 4% interest rate - ‘great option for first home’

  25-07-2023 16:14 via express.co.uk
  
  Lifetime ISAs offer a lucrative option to save for a first home or retirement and currently, Moneybox is offering the highest interest rate.
  
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• Students are suing UK universities over Covid disruption. Do they have a case?

  25-07-2023 15:55
  About 120,000 people are seeking compensation but lawyers say they face an uphill battle
  
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• DWP announces bonus payment for millions this year - full list of benefits included

  25-07-2023 15:35 via express.co.uk
  
  Millions of Britons are set to receive a bonus from the DWP later this year.
  
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• Pensioners need £285,000 in savings for a moderate retirement even with full state pension

  25-07-2023 14:12 via express.co.uk
  
  Pensioners on the full new state pension will need to find at least another £2,200 a year to get by.
  
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• More than half a million Britons could lose £400 a month under Universal Credit shake-up

  25-07-2023 13:25 via express.co.uk
  
  New rules could see those claiming the Universal Credit top-up payment of £390.06 lose out.
  
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• PIP claimants may get a ‘top up’ over £150 a week outside benefit via premiums

  25-07-2023 12:59 via express.co.uk
  
  The top-up could provide additional support to those with a health condition or disability.
  
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• Why productivity is so weak at UK companies

  25-07-2023 06:00
  Longstanding problems of low investment and skills gaps exacerbated by overconfidence and lack of management time
  
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• UK to run up highest debt interest bill in developed world

  25-07-2023 06:00
  Treasury on course to spend 10% of government revenue on bond costs this year, according to Fitch
  
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• Globalisation is not to blame for Britain’s insecurity problem

  25-07-2023 06:00
  The country’s precarious low-wage jobs and shortage of affordable housing are hardly the fault of international forces
  
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• Economists counter market bets of soft landing

  25-07-2023 06:00
  Analysts say investors’ expectations that rates are close to their peak are likely to prove over optimistic
  
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• UK job support system failing unemployed and economy, says report

  25-07-2023 01:01
  Punitive approach taken by Jobcentre Plus is holding back workforce recovery after the pandemic
  
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• Radiographers in England to strike as data shows scale of disruption

  25-07-2023 01:01
  Roughly 68,000 hospital appointments and procedures axed because of last week’s walkout by senior doctors
  
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• Post-Brexit N Ireland trade rules still need work, warn Lords

  25-07-2023 01:01
  Committee urges government to ‘get on with’ negotiating outstanding issues on Windsor framework
  
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• London’s top earners enjoy strongest UK pay growth since start of pandemic

  25-07-2023 01:01
  IFS wages analysis points to increasing inequality with regions and could trouble policymakers wrestling with inflation
  
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