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• UK’s school buildings failure goes back decades, data shows

  04-09-2023 20:47 via ft.com
  Capital outlay has fallen short for a long time punctuated by occasional bursts of spending
  
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• Concrete evidence: UK’s school buildings failure goes back decades

  04-09-2023 20:47 via ft.com
  Capital outlay has fallen short for a long time punctuated by occasional bursts of spending
  
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• We need an urgent inquiry into Britain’s economic data revisions

  04-09-2023 18:19 via ft.com
  Last week’s changes to estimates of UK GDP are too big to be ignored
  
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• ‘I’m an energy expert - this is the check you need to make before the price cap change’

  04-09-2023 17:10 via express.co.uk
  
  The amount that an average household is expected to pay for its energy bills will fall by around £151 per year from October 1.
  
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• Asda owners questioned over ability to stop price rises amid cost of living pressures

  04-09-2023 16:07 via express.co.uk
  
  The concerns about Asda follow a competition watchdog's finding that the supermarket had put a pause on their price cuts when wholesale oil prices fell.
  
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• Britons need £240,000 extra pension wealth for a 'comfortable' 100-year life

  04-09-2023 15:31 via express.co.uk
  
  Average life expectancies are on the rise leaving Britons needing hundreds of thousands of pounds more to retire comfortably.
  
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• 'Best' joint savings accounts for first time buyers with interest rates up to 5.85 percent

  04-09-2023 14:48 via express.co.uk
  
  Nearly half of young people have a savings account and a quarter are saving for a home, new research shows.
  
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• Santander launches new 'top of market' easy-access savings account paying 5.2% interest

  04-09-2023 14:12 via express.co.uk
  
  Savers need to act fast as the Santander new easy-access account is only available until September 17.
  
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• I voted Remain but I’d love to see UK make a success of Brexit (and now it could happen)

  04-09-2023 13:06 via express.co.uk
  
  The first thing that surprised me about the 2016 Brexit referendum was how the Leave vote rocketed right at the end. The second was just how angry Remainers were at the result, because the ones I knew were incandescent.
  
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• Hot weather this week could cost Britons extra £670 as price of keeping cool surges

  04-09-2023 11:43 via express.co.uk
  
  The cost of a free-standing fan has increased by over two thirds in the past year while other costs for keeping cool have also increased.
  
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• Virgin Money offers market-leading 5.8 percent interest rate on fixed cash ISA

  04-09-2023 11:03 via express.co.uk
  
  Virgin Money has remained competitive with interest rates month on month.
  
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• Premium Bonds holder asks if Bonds from 1960s are still valid for monthly prize draw

  04-09-2023 10:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The woman said she didn't have any other Premium Bonds so they were curious to know if their old Bonds would still go into the monthly prize draw.
  
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• Nearly 2.4 million Premium Bonds prizes are going unclaimed - check if it's you

  04-09-2023 09:49 via express.co.uk
  
  A staggering £80million worth of Premium Bonds prizes are yet to be claimed by NS&I savers.
  
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• Just half of people on new state pension get full amount - how to increase your payments

  04-09-2023 09:07 via express.co.uk
  
  State pension payments are set to go up by a sizable amount again next year so people may want to check if they can increase their payments.
  
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• Why companies need to raise their game on skills training

  04-09-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  Jobs are evolving fast — but too many employers are not helping their staff keep up
  
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• UK wages: which sectors are driving up pay?

  04-09-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  Britain could see interest rates rise further as pay growth remains high
  
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• The UK is at risk of running low on water. Why?

  04-09-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  A country famous for its rainy climate faces grave supply issues, after years of poorly managed systems
  
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