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• Mexico braced for exodus to US as ‘Trump effect’ hurts the peso

  21-01-2017 17:00
  
  Donald Trump is actually giving Mexican workers more reason to head to the US, not lessIn Mexico it is known as “el efecto Trump”: a barrage of taunts and tweets that rattle the economy and hammer the peso. For the new president, it is part of a strategy to pressure companies to move jobs back to the United States. Mexico’s job will be to suck it up, accept the millions of people Trump has promised to deport, and pay for the proposed border wall.Reality may soon disrupt this vi
  
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• The reality of 2017 is that the world lacks the hope the global goals require

  21-01-2017 11:00
  
  It’s foolish to expect the sustainable development goals to succeed in the current context. We need to adapt quicklySo much of what’s happening today in the world mirrors the 1930s, the period that gave rise to fascism, the second world war and the Holocaust. At the time, there was rising inequality, failing economies and far-right populism, as nation states retreated from the global stage in an effort to shore-up support at home. Sound familiar?These are not the ideal conditions to
  
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• Skills and infrastructure top priority in industrial strategy, say UK firms

  21-01-2017 09:00
  
  Findings of IoD survey suggest businesses not in favour of rescue deals such as proposed support for steel industryThe government’s new industrial strategy must focus on improving skills and infrastructure in Britain rather than bailing out struggling large companies, according to a survey of business leaders.The findings suggest businesses are not in favour of rescue deals such as the government’s proposed support for the steel industry. Continue reading...
  
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• Batteries included: Yorkshire village seeks to solve riddle of too much sun

  21-01-2017 09:00
  
  Moixa trial at Oxspring to see if UK-made home batteries can store and use local solar power for longer, bypass National Grid and cut energy billsThe bungalows of Oxspring may look an unlikely testing ground for a new technology billed as a way to help renewable power, stymie energy price rises and aid the local power grid.But later this month, dozens of homes in this South Yorkshire village will have a home battery installed as part of a £250,000 trial to see if they can make solar power
  
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• Would a white carpet be a disaster?

  21-01-2017 08:00
  
  Anyone have experience of one – surely it will end in stains and tears?Every 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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• Paying for care at home: how to negotiate the minefield

  21-01-2017 08:00
  
  How much does it cost, what help can you get with paying for it, and where can you get it amid cutbacks?How much should you pay for care in your own home as you get older – from getting in and out of bed to taking medication or help with shopping? And how do you find a carer? With adult social care in crisis as local authorities struggle to meet soaring demand at a time of cutbacks, Guardian Money tested prices and services in a town with a high density of older people: Eastbourne in East
  
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• Is the FTSE heading for the crash of 2017?

  21-01-2017 08:00
  
  The market is on a record rising run, it can’t go on for everAlmost exactly a year ago, economists at Royal Bank of Scotland advised clients to sell everything ahead of a stock market crash. They forecast a “cataclysmic” year with a 20% slump in shares and oil plunging to $16 a barrel. “Sell everything except high quality bonds,” they said. It turned into one of the best-read stories on the Guardian’s business pages – and RBS was hopelessly, gloriously w
  
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• Housing benefit claimants increasingly shut out of private rental market

  21-01-2017 08:00
  
  Campaigners say growing instances of ‘No DSS’ are problematicIt used to be “No blacks, no Irish, no dogs”, now it’s “No DSS, no pets, no children”. Check out the rental listings on websites such as Rightmove, or press your nose against the window of your local lettings agent, and you will often see “No DSS”. It means the landlord or agent won’t rent a property to someone on housing benefit or local housing allowance, though some younger
  
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• Hiring a carer for my mother was a huge learning curve, but help is available

  21-01-2017 08:00
  
  From finding insurance to writing contracts and contributing to pension schemes, the unseen elements of hiring a career are complexIt’s hard to pinpoint the moment we knew we needed to find carers to come and help my mother. That’s the nature of a progressive condition. Symptoms creep up on you, bringing new care needs just when you thought everything was working well.After struggling with her balance for some time and suffering a series of falls, our mother, Jenny, was initially dia
  
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• Direct Line turns its back on homeowners trying to help refugees

  21-01-2017 08:00
  
  The insurer is among a number of firms who turned down cover for a British family who bought a house for asylum seekers A British family have spent more than £400,000 buying a house in Brighton for Syrian refugees in an extraordinary act of personal generosity – only to find that major UK insurers rejected them when they tried to buy buildings insurance.Direct Line, one of the UK’s biggest home insurers, told the family that it would not agree to sell them a buildings policy be
  
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• Can credit unions finally provide a truly ethical current account?

  21-01-2017 07:59
  
  The Engage account is for those who want their money to be used to do good. Plus, we look at the alternativesBillions of pounds of taxpayer cash pumped in, PPI mis-selling, investing in fossil fuels or dodgy regimes, money laundering, Libor rigging, tax avoidance, excessive executive pay… the list of scandals involving banks goes on and on. So it’s no wonder that many people would like a more ethical home for their current account cash. But one problem is that there aren’t man
  
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• Tony Blair 'CAUSED BREXIT' as immigration FAILURE sparked CHAOS, Hammond blasts

  21-01-2017 06:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  REMAINER Tony Blair has been blamed for the Brexit vote in a blasting by Chancellor Philip Hammond at Davos.
  
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• Homes for downsizers – in pictures

  21-01-2017 00:00
  
  These properties, from Suffolk to Scotland, are perfect for a change in lifestyleContinue reading...
  
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