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• Tory MPs warn UK government against killing off northern leg of HS2

  18-09-2023 19:58
  Ministers also consider option of cancelling final stretch of high-speed line into central London to cut spiralling costs
  
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• UK to appoint commissioners to run Birmingham city council

  18-09-2023 18:58
  Michael Gove set to announce technical consultation period after local authority declared itself in effect bankrupt
  
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• Martin Lewis discusses new electricity supplier with tariff at 13% below price cap

  18-09-2023 17:51 via express.co.uk
  
  Martin Lewis said the deal from new supplier Fuse Energy would best suit those who are used to switching around.
  
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• ‘Should have had a choice!' Waspi woman calls for fresh thinking on state pension age hike

  18-09-2023 16:55 via express.co.uk
  
  A Waspi woman campaigner says 1950s women should have been given the option to decide when they could retire because "that's what we toiled and grafted for".
  
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• SIPP explained: How to set up a SIPP as more people choose ‘flexible’ pensions option

  18-09-2023 16:13 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: SIPP pension funds are becoming increasingly popular offering control over how the investments that make up the fund work.
  
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• TSB launches new £150 switching offer and doubles cashback for customers

  18-09-2023 15:20 via express.co.uk
  
  New TSB customers can now earn up to £60 in cashback over the first six months - on top of the £150 switching deal.
  
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• Pensions rules changes could boost pension pot by £199,000

  18-09-2023 15:06 via express.co.uk
  
  The pensions auto enrolment system is being expanded with the potential to increase Britons' retirement savings by hundreds of thousands of pounds.
  
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• Number of people aged 100 or over in England and Wales hits record high

  18-09-2023 14:03
  ONS analysis finds 11,288 female and 2,636 male centenarians on back of reduced mortality
  
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• Number of people aged 100 in England and Wales hits record high

  18-09-2023 14:03
  ONS analysis finds 11,288 female and 2,636 male centenarians on back of reduced mortality
  
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• UK insolvencies increase 33% in just one month - but there is 'light at end of tunnel'

  18-09-2023 12:57 via express.co.uk
  
  Thousands more companies collapsed in August but the summer "surge" in spending could prevent the number rising higher.
  
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• China wobbles, US slows, EU faces recession - so why are UK shares flying?

  18-09-2023 12:45 via express.co.uk
  
  The FTSE 100 is on a four-week winning streak in good news for pension and stocks and shares Isa investors. Yet there's still plenty to worry about.
  
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• 'We sold our house and belongings to travel full time - now we save £2,000 a month'

  18-09-2023 11:49 via express.co.uk
  
  A family from Corby have managed to slash their monthly spend from £3,000 to £1,200 while travelling around Asia.
  
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• Lessons from a century of inflation shocks

  18-09-2023 11:02
  News you can use from the IMF
  
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• Savings warning as over £250billion of Britons' money earns no interest at all

  18-09-2023 10:39 via express.co.uk
  
  In accounts with balances of £10,000 or more, seven million accounts are receiving zero percent in interest.
  
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• UK insurer Phoenix hails boost to retirement sector from high inflation

  18-09-2023 10:26
  Chief executive says UK economic environment is ‘accelerating our growth’
  
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• Coventry Building Society ‘boosts’ interest on regular savings to ‘attractive’ 5.5 percent

  18-09-2023 09:27 via express.co.uk
  
  Flexible deposits of up to £500 can be made each month with no monthly minimum, and savers don't need a linked account to qualify.
  
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• NatWest to examine Irish unit over small business loans

  18-09-2023 06:00
  UK bank tells regulator of ‘remediation’ plans to explore Ulster Bank customers’ allegations
  
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• Bank of England refines its new competitiveness mandate

  18-09-2023 06:00
  Staffers provide clues on how the central bank is interpreting the goals set by UK government
  
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• BoE expected to raise interest rates to 5.5%

  18-09-2023 05:00
  Markets and economists anticipate the 15th increase in this cycle by the central bank to be the last
  
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• Bank of England expected to raise interest rates to 5.5%

  18-09-2023 05:00
  Markets and economists anticipate the 15th increase in this cycle by the central bank to be the last
  
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• UK residential rents rise at record pace in August

  18-09-2023 01:01
  Estate agent Hamptons says 12% increase is largest on record
  
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• NHS braced for unprecedented strikes as doctors in England walk out

  18-09-2023 01:01
  Four days of industrial action includes co-ordinated walkout by consultants and junior medics
  
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