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• We’re not spending cash, so why are we hoarding it?

  25-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  
  The value of UK bank notes in circulation has hit a new record high, but it may all be under the proverbial mattress
  
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• Burnham’s industrial revival will join up local needs and strengths

  17-07-2026 11:00 via ft.com
  Forward-looking centre in Rotherham collaborates with business, capitalising on ‘muscle memory’ and existing assets
  
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• UK mortgage rates rise again after resumption of Middle East hostilities

  17-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Several big lenders raised their fixed rates by as much as 0.35 percentage points
  
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• The lessons Burnham must heed on the economy

  17-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Policy must go beyond mere announcements and budget arithmetic
  
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• The great British corporate sell-off

  16-07-2026 18:47 via ft.com
  The UK’s business case needs strengthening to stop a self-reinforcing exodus
  
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• Building society boss advocates for new emojis to help young Brits talk about money

  16-07-2026 18:02 via express.co.uk
  Skipton Building Society has submitted new emojis to the Unicode Consortium to make conversations on money more relatable.
  
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• Millions of savers issued £1,848 account warning

  16-07-2026 17:24 via express.co.uk
  A lack of awareness for savers could see them sitting on a poor interest rate and missing out on hundreds
  
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• IMF warns Burnham he cannot afford to boost public spending

  16-07-2026 15:11 via ft.com
  Fund urges ‘cautious approach’ to fiscal pressures
  
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• Barrister accused of £2mn tax evasion faces retrial after case collapses

  16-07-2026 15:10 via ft.com
  Jury fails to reach verdict in case against Robert Venables who argued he was ‘entitled to take advantage of the system’
  
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• Not a Range Rover, Jaecoo or BMW – Best large SUV to drive in UK named

  16-07-2026 15:03 via express.co.uk
  Auto Express has published its list of the best large SUVs to buy in the UK right now, with a Czech car taking the top spot
  
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• Millions caught in HMRC tax squeeze as 480,000 more workers dragged into top rates

  16-07-2026 14:44 via express.co.uk
  Britain is expected to have 40.8 million income taxpayers this year
  
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• Lloyds Bank clarifies account limit rules after customer refused service

  16-07-2026 14:18 via express.co.uk
  The bank explained some key limits that apply to Lloyds customers
  
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• Nationwide announces new rule for customers 'from today'

  16-07-2026 14:10 via express.co.uk
  It has been welcomed by experts, although a note of caution has also been sounded
  
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• All Halifax customers to be contacted over change but ‘no need to take action’

  16-07-2026 13:56 via express.co.uk
  Everyone with a Halifax account will be affected by the changes
  
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• Nationwide hands out free £100 cash with bonus on top

  16-07-2026 13:25 via express.co.uk
  The bank is offering the deal from this week.
  
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• State pension update over changes to tax on payments

  16-07-2026 13:24 via express.co.uk
  A major change to tax on the state pension is already coming in
  
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• Pensioner, 83, faces court after refusing to pay council tax in £15k overpayment row

  16-07-2026 13:13 via express.co.uk
  Michael Fielding says he doesn't like the authorities thinking they can take advantage.
  
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• UK economy grew 0.1% in May

  16-07-2026 08:52 via ft.com
  Figure comes as Andy Burnham prepares to enter Number 10
  
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• An unelucidating post about the UK’s mysterious ‘Other’ direct debits

  16-07-2026 07:30 via ft.com
  Committing to debit
  
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• What did Keir Starmer actually achieve?

  16-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Outgoing prime minister says UK is ‘in better shape’ than two years ago, but in range of policy areas the picture is mixed
  
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• Business worries about how to reach Burnham

  16-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  ‘Who do we call?’ Chief executives struggle to be heard ahead of arrival of new prime minister
  
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• Thames Water warns over future as Burnham eyes state control

  15-07-2026 19:47 via ft.com
  Britain’s next prime minister is set to make an announcement on sector
  
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• Number of higher and additional UK taxpayers rises 35% in 3 years

  15-07-2026 19:05 via ft.com
  Fiscal drag helps bring 480,000 more people into the top two tax bands in the past year
  
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• UK statistics agency struggles to hire interviewers to restore survey quality

  15-07-2026 18:27 via ft.com
  ONS says recruitment under way as part of efforts to improve economic data output
  
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• Shabana Mahmood set to be named UK chancellor by Andy Burnham

  15-07-2026 18:03 via ft.com
  Current home secretary expected to succeed Rachel Reeves as finance minister
  
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• Mahmood set to be named UK chancellor by Burnham

  15-07-2026 18:03 via ft.com
  Current home secretary expected to succeed Rachel Reeves as finance minister
  
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• The UK finally has a blueprint for innovation — now it must act on it

  15-07-2026 16:42 via ft.com
  The Whittle Lab aims to transform aerothermal engineering, one of the country’s strongest manufacturing industries
  
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• VAT is Burnham’s best tax-raising tool if UK public finances go off track, says OECD

  15-07-2026 11:26 via ft.com
  New report argues long-term reforms should focus on spending restraint, including end to pensions triple lock
  
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• Annual pay for nannies in the UK home counties nears £60,000

  15-07-2026 10:00 via ft.com
  Salaries outstrip those of inner London, with strong demand in the commuter belt
  
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• Unprecedented UK stretch above 30C stokes ‘firewave’ and strains emergency services

  15-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Swath of the nation from Kent to Lincolnshire records significantly more rapid warming than the rest of the UK
  
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