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• Putting a price on financial security - AOL Money UK

  29-10-2016 13:38
  
  AOL Money UK
  Putting a price on financial security
  AOL Money UK
  Are you better off than you were in 2009? With all the talk of low interest rates and stagnant wages, you might think the answer to this is obviously no. However, when it comes to savings in the bank some of us do have more money, according to research ...
  
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• Britain must learn from the EU-Canada Ceta trade deal saga

  29-10-2016 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Although the UK government is wary of parallels with Canada, the difficulties of reaching a deal on Ceta cannot be ignored“Long live Wallonix,” declared Libération, the French newspaper and standard-bearer for the left, showing its support for the Belgian region of Wallonia, after it stopped Europe from signing a massive trade deal with Canada.
  Borrowing from the French cartoon Asterix, Libération depicted Wallonia as plucky Gaul holding out against Pax Canada. Three da
  
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• The new-builds catching house buyers in a leasehold property trap

  29-10-2016 08:00
  
  Recently built homes have been left unsaleable, with owners asked to fork out five-figure sums for freeholds. We investigate the latest leasehold scandalWhen Clare Budgen bought her first house in Ellesmere Port in 2009 for £155,000 the last thing on her mind was the lease. Taylor Wimpey, the developer, arranged the lease on a 999-year basis, so what could the then 22-year-old possibly have had to worry about?But just seven years later, when she looked into buying the freehold (to enable h
  
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• How long should I chase an incompetent energy company?

  29-10-2016 08:00
  
  It still hasn’t billed me for gas used in 2014Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This week’s question: Continue reading...
  
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• As an asylum seeker I have permission to work … but cannot open a bank account

  29-10-2016 08:00
  
  The banks require a passport but it is held by the Home OfficeAs an asylum seeker I can work – but not open a bank accountI am a 25-year-old asylum seeker. I have received a permit to work but can’t open a bank account because banks require my passport which is with the Home Office. What can I do? DB, London Continue reading...
  
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• Homes by churchyards – in pictures

  29-10-2016 00:45
  
  From Essex to Somerset, one of these properties could be the answer to your prayersContinue reading...
  
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