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• UK’s creative economy desperately needs a champion

  22-05-2025 18:00
  Ministers should support flourishing industries through AI shifts, not let tech companies continue to suck up value
  
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• Public sector workers in England to receive pay rise of up to 4%

  22-05-2025 16:00
  
  Settlement likely to ease tension with unions but add fresh strains to departmental budgets
  
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• DWP pension update as 180,000 women owed thousands of pounds

  22-05-2025 15:58 via express.co.uk
  The Department for Work and Pensions admitted underpaying pensions but still hasn't refunded most of the money
  
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• Martin Lewis says people on Universal Credit can get £1,769 a month extra

  22-05-2025 15:56 via express.co.uk
  Martin Lewis has told his ITV1 viewers how people on Universal Credit can get an extra £1,769 per month.
  
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• UK government borrowing hits £20.2bn in April

  22-05-2025 15:40
  
  Overshoot for first month of tax year increases pressure on Rachel Reeves ahead of next month’s spending review
  
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• Rachel Reeves faces doomsday as gilt yields rocket past financial crisis levels

  22-05-2025 15:22 via express.co.uk
  Who would be Rachel Reeves right now?
  
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• Bank raises interest on savings account to 4.68% and earns 'excellent' rating

  22-05-2025 14:57 via express.co.uk
  The new savings deal grabs a "market-leading" position.
  
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• Fears inflation hike has killed mortgage price war

  22-05-2025 13:53 via express.co.uk
  The Bank of England has cut rates four times since last summer
  
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• Nationwide one-week deadline over huge payment decision

  22-05-2025 13:16 via express.co.uk
  The provider recently paid out £50 to millions of customers
  
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• Rachel Reeves Winter Fuel U-turn sparks hopes of wider reversal to benefit cuts

  22-05-2025 12:58 via express.co.uk
  Top of the list is a growing demand to scrap the controversial two-child benefit cap
  
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• Lloyds Bank warns of new scam quietly draining accounts with 'continuous payments'

  22-05-2025 12:56 via express.co.uk
  The bank has recovered a staggering £55,000 from fraudsters using this scam since January, but more losses are expected.
  
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• Calls for tax-free State Pension gather pace as retirees near threshold

  22-05-2025 12:34 via express.co.uk
  A growing number of pensioners are being dragged into the tax net, with some 4,300 backing a new petition calling for the State Pension to be made tax-free
  
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• Why we don’t move house anymore

  22-05-2025 06:00
  High transaction costs mean we’re stuck with a housing market dependent on price growth to function
  
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• UK weighs bill to wipe out debts British Steel owes to Chinese parent

  22-05-2025 06:00
  Controversial plan to ‘shake off’ nearly £1bn owed to Jingye and related companies could ease a sale, officials say
  
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• UK seeks to sell ‘Ozymandian’ Brexit checkpoint after EU deal

  22-05-2025 06:00
  Site in Kent was built to carry out food checks that will no longer be needed
  
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• Richard Desmond companies lack ability to pay legal costs, Allwyn claims

  22-05-2025 06:00
  Media tycoon brought lawsuit against UK Gambling Commission over award of National Lottery
  
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• Kensington and Chelsea house prices fall to lowest level since 2013

  22-05-2025 06:00
  
  Sharp decline comes as prime London market suffers effects of higher property taxes, Brexit and non-dom changes
  
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• How Eurostar’s would-be rivals went off the rails

  22-05-2025 06:00
  Financing, regulation and different rail systems mean potential competitors are years away from launching services
  
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