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• Thames Water’s accelerating cash burn exacerbates debt woes

  24-09-2024 19:34 via ft.com
  
  Utility must extend £530mn credit facility due in two weeks to have enough cash to last into 2025
  
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• Avanti will not lose UK West Coast rail line early despite poor record

  24-09-2024 18:18 via ft.com
  Ministers have found no legal grounds to strip operator of contract early under Labour’s nationalisation plans
  
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• Dulux reveals plans to cut 2,000 jobs in potential blow to UK sites

  24-09-2024 17:52 via express.co.uk
  
  The paint giant has 15 locations across the UK but plans to make international cuts by 2025.
  
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• Everything you missed hidden in Keir Starmer's speech he doesn't want you to know about

  24-09-2024 17:51 via express.co.uk
  
  If there's one thing we've all learned about Labour PM Keir Starmer it's that he says one thing then brazenly does another.
  
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• Mastercard enhances fraud prevention with expanded scheme across UK banks

  24-09-2024 17:10 via express.co.uk
  
  Mastercard has extended a scheme designed to help banks spot payment scams in real time, and says it has already helped UK banks identify and prevent thousands of attempted fraudulent payments.
  
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• EDF launches new fixed energy tariff priced £149 lower than upcoming October price cap

  24-09-2024 17:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Energy bills are set to rise by 10 percent next week, making today's deal a welcome saving for some.
  
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• Drivers face wait until December 2025 for car finance mis-selling compensation

  24-09-2024 16:54 via express.co.uk
  
  The Financial Conduct Authority said the pause in the handling of complaints will be extended by nine months, meaning drivers may have to wait until December 2025 for compensation
  
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• I'm a WASPI woman and had to keep working after hip replacement - I thought it was a joke

  24-09-2024 16:53 via express.co.uk
  
  Angela Merrick, 66, also had her entitlement to the Winter Fuel Payment taken away in the first year she was eligible for it.
  
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• GB Energy will be based in Aberdeen, says Starmer

  24-09-2024 16:43 via ft.com
  Decision is boon for Scottish city as industry warns of job losses from North Sea transition
  
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• HMRC tells 671,000 Brits they can get huge £2,200 payment

  24-09-2024 15:24 via express.co.uk
  
  The average Child Trust Fund pot is worth more than £2,200 - here's how to check if you or your child are owed a forgotten savings windfall
  
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• State pensioners handed £238 for unplugging kitchen item after losing Winter Fuel Payment

  24-09-2024 15:13 via express.co.uk
  
  Households are being urged to check where they can make some savings ahead of the next energy price cap increase.
  
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• Number of homeless households in Scotland hits 12-year high

  24-09-2024 14:22 via ft.com
  
  Figures lay bare scale of mounting housing pressures across the UK
  
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• UK household disposable income fell below pre-pandemic levels in 2023

  24-09-2024 14:14 via ft.com
  ONS figures underline impact of rising prices and higher interest rates on personal finances
  
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• UK household disposable income falls below pre-pandemic levels

  24-09-2024 14:14 via ft.com
  
  ONS figures underline impact of rising prices and higher interest rates on personal finances
  
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• Reeves sets apart Labour’s fiscal approach from the Tories’ and signals more borrowing

  24-09-2024 10:45 via ft.com
  Chancellor reaffirms party pledge to not raise income tax and national insurance
  
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• State Pension freeze hits 453,000 - who is affected and why payments won't rise

  24-09-2024 06:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The UK State Pension has three components - the Basic State Pension, Additional State Pension and the New State Pension
  
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• Bank stuns mortgage borrowers by checking how much they spend on narcotics

  24-09-2024 02:01 via express.co.uk
  
  The question appears in the application form as part of the affordability check
  
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