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• More than a quarter of UK care visas went to ‘rogue’ employers, Home Office admits

  12-03-2025 20:22
  
  Many of those arriving found they were underpaid, mistreated or not given as much work as they had been offered
  
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• Bond market strains intensify for Reeves as investors await watchdog’s fiscal verdict

  12-03-2025 20:19
  
  Preliminary forecasts by OBR based on UK borrowing cost data period that excludes more recent rise in gilt yields
  
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• Bond market strains intensify for Reeves as investors await OBR’s verdict

  12-03-2025 20:19
  
  Fiscal watchdog’s preliminary forecasts based on UK borrowing costs exclude recent rise in gilt yields
  
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• UK financial regulators in retreat as prime minister piles on pressure

  12-03-2025 20:03
  
  City cheers Sir Keir Starmer’s crackdown on red tape but there are questions over how much it can boost growth
  
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• UK financial regulators in retreat after pressure from Starmer

  12-03-2025 20:03
  City cheers crackdown on red tape but there are questions over how much it can boost growth
  
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• UK social safety net among weakest in rich world, analysis finds

  12-03-2025 20:00
  
  Think-tank report comes as Keir Starmer seeks to convince Labour MPs to back welfare spending cuts
  
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• Rachel Reeves inheritance tax warning – act now to protect your pension from IHT raid

  12-03-2025 18:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to slap inheritance tax on our pensions. Time to fight back.
  
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• HMRC warning to 680,000 Brits over tax code trap - check if you're affected

  12-03-2025 17:43 via express.co.uk
  
  Higher rate taxpayers surged by 15.3% - or 680,000 more people - to 5.1 million between the 2021 to 2022 tax year and the 2022 to 2023 one.
  
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• Martin Lewis names 2 top Cash ISAs to open in March to beat your bank

  12-03-2025 17:39 via express.co.uk
  
  Money expert Martin Lewis says these are two top Cash ISAs
  
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• Martin Lewis says ‘don’t worry’ about Inheritance Tax as ‘you’re not wealthy enough’

  12-03-2025 17:30 via express.co.uk
  
  Money expert Martin Lewis reassured his ITV viewers that Inheritance Tax is not likely to affect you, and if it is, there are ways to avoid it.
  
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• Martin Lewis urges everyone with a mobile phone to dial 5-digit code

  12-03-2025 17:23 via express.co.uk
  
  Martin Lewis urged people to screenshot and email themselves after dialling a 5-digit code on their iPhone, Samsung or Google mobile phone.
  
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• State pensioners born before 1953 missing out on £7,561 from April

  12-03-2025 16:57 via express.co.uk
  
  State pensioners born before 1953 will be missing out on £7,561 a year from April.
  
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• Canada cuts rates as trade war shakes consumer and business confidence

  12-03-2025 16:46
  
  Reduction to 2.75% comes hours after US tariffs on aluminium and steel take effect
  
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• Starmer says he is ‘disappointed’ by US tariffs on UK steel

  12-03-2025 14:59
  
  PM vows to ‘keep all options on table’ after EU hits back against Washington with retaliatory measures
  
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• Reeves delays plan to reform cash Isas until after Spring Statement

  12-03-2025 13:54
  
  City executives have urged chancellor to lower cap on tax-free savings
  
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• Millions of Brits risk missing out on key tax-saving opportunities as deadline approaches

  12-03-2025 13:16 via express.co.uk
  
  There is a growing sense of stress and uncertainty surrounding investments
  
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• State pension age change update as minister admits big problem

  12-03-2025 12:23 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Pension minister Torsten Bell said the Government was keeping an eye on data that showed that life expectancy rises in the UK were slowing.
  
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• Giant sculpture in Canary Wharf warns Brits of the pitfalls of 'sleeping savings'

  12-03-2025 11:54 via express.co.uk
  
  The 'sleeping giant' has been installed as a metaphor for the £1.3 trillion of UK savings that are languishing in low interest accounts
  
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• UK seeks ‘pragmatic’ deal with US to avoid future tariffs 

  12-03-2025 11:00
  
  Decision not to impose retaliatory levies signals break with EU approach
  
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• Government’s employment reforms clash with its welfare plans

  12-03-2025 10:30
  
  Jobs market policies could threaten the part-time vacancies that ease people back into work
  
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• Scotland’s last oil refinery needs up to £13bn for green transition, finds study

  12-03-2025 06:00
  
  Government-backed task force outlines nine project options for a future industrial complex at Grangemouth
  
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• Plan to replace Scottish oil refinery mulls £13bn investment

  12-03-2025 06:00
  
  Scoping study outlines nine project options for a future industrial complex at Grangemouth
  
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• UK growth push held back by poor Whitehall co-ordination, watchdog finds

  12-03-2025 01:02
  National Audit Office says departments needs to work together more effectively on industrial strategy
  
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• FCA drops plan to ‘name and shame’ more UK companies under investigation

  12-03-2025 00:41
  
  Financial regulator says it will scrap new public interest test after backlash from the City and government officials
  
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