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• DWP explains when it could take you to court and £300 civil penalties

  05-03-2025 23:54 via express.co.uk
  
  Officials will be able to directly take amounts from people's bank accounts under new powers
  
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• Major Cash ISA update as Labour breaks silence on £4,000 cap

  05-03-2025 23:21 via express.co.uk
  
  Rachel Reeves is thought to be planning to roll out a major change
  
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• Colleges of further education in England will get less funding than promised

  05-03-2025 22:03
  
  Reduction to two-thirds of budgeted top-up payments for additional students a sign of looming government squeezes
  
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• Union deals will give UK employers wriggle room on zero-hours jobs

  05-03-2025 20:32
  
  Changes to workers’ rights bill would create strong incentive for businesses to enter collective bargaining arrangements
  
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• Martin Lewis pension alert to anyone earning over £6,396 a year

  05-03-2025 19:11 via express.co.uk
  
  On his ITV show last night, the Money Saving Expert gave a ‘Beginner's Guide to how National Insurance impacts your State Pension".
  
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• Weakening UK demand could help bear down on inflation, says BoE governor

  05-03-2025 17:41
  
  Andrew Bailey plays down the risks of a self-reinforcing acceleration in price growth
  
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• Brits slam self-checkouts and the 'dehumanised' high street leaving older customers lonely

  05-03-2025 17:34 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Nearly half of Brits are more likely to return to a shop if they are served by a human rather than a computer, according to a new poll.
  
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• How I paid off £70k of debt and built a successful business in the process

  05-03-2025 17:32 via express.co.uk
  
  Grandmother Sarah Abel's impulse spending was so out of control she bought a nail salon for £20,000 ‘on a whim' until she realised it held the key to paying off the tens of thousands she already owed
  
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• Cash ISA tax free allowance update as BBC money expert shares verdict

  05-03-2025 16:47 via express.co.uk
  
  There has been intense speculation that the existing £20,000 annual tax-free allowance on cash ISAs will be lowered - possibly to £4,000.
  
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• Pensions minister says schemes must invest more in UK

  05-03-2025 16:41
  
  Torsten Bell says optimising outcomes is deeply compatible with backing Britain
  
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• British Gas will offer customers half-price electricity tomorrow - time announced

  05-03-2025 16:09 via express.co.uk
  
  All energy savings appear as credit on households' bills.
  
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• BoE plans to ease leverage rules on UK lenders

  05-03-2025 13:16
  
  Proposal is latest sign of regulators responding to government pressure to cut business red tape
  
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• UK proposes North Sea tax plan to peg payments to oil and gas prices

  05-03-2025 13:04
  
  Consultation will explore mechanism that would replace controversial ‘windfall tax’ after 2030
  
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• UK government looks at allowing oil and gas production via adjacent fields

  05-03-2025 13:04
  
  Consultation also proposes new tax plan to replace controversial windfall tax from 2030
  
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• North Sea tax plan to peg payments to oil and gas prices

  05-03-2025 13:04
  
  Mechanism is laid out in consultation and would replace controversial ‘windfall tax’
  
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• Bank of England plans to ease leverage rules on UK lenders

  05-03-2025 11:40
  
  Proposal is latest sign of regulators responding to government pressure to cut business red tape
  
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• Sum of employment reforms risks stifling labour market

  05-03-2025 10:35
  The government’s far-reaching plans could make the economy less dynamic
  
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• Reeves to propose spending cuts to fix UK’s worsening public finances

  05-03-2025 09:21
  
  Welfare bill in focus as chancellor’s £9.9bn of fiscal ‘headroom’ wiped out by higher borrowing costs
  
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• Santander to make major changes to service impacting 14 million UK customers

  05-03-2025 08:54 via express.co.uk
  
  Santander has announced that it will make changes to its services from May 12, which will see the removal of 5 features
  
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• DWP Winter Fuel Payment eligibility update after Rachel Reeves abandons 9 million people

  05-03-2025 06:45 via express.co.uk
  
  The eligibility criteria for Winter Fuel Payments was changed last summer, meaning that around 9.2 million older people no longer qualify
  
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• Liz Kendall seeks to win over OBR with labour reforms

  05-03-2025 06:00
  
  Work and pensions secretary is laying groundwork for overhaul of benefits system
  
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• Liz Kendall seeks to win over OBR with benefits reforms

  05-03-2025 06:00
  
  Work and pensions secretary is laying groundwork for overhaul of benefits system
  
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• HMRC warning as thousands owed £3,389 in overpaid tax

  05-03-2025 04:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The government has forked out almost £50 million over three months between 14,000 people
  
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• Millions of drivers face losing their private number plate if they're not careful

  05-03-2025 03:01 via express.co.uk
  
  The DVLA has issued a 10-year warning to all drivers who own a private number plate and it's important to know what to do if you want to keep your registration
  
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