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• What’s a good city break for a special anniversary?

  01-07-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We’re seeking undiscovered gemsEvery 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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• Up goes travel insurance, all under the umbrella of Brexit

  01-07-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Nationwide is raising the price of its popular FlexPlus packaged current account, blaming the move on the post referendum fall in the pound. Rupert Jones reportsIs Brexit going to push up the cost of your travel insurance this summer? Nationwide this week effectively blamed the Brexit-inspired fall in the pound for the decision to increase the cost of its popular FlexPlus packaged current account by 30%, from £10 to £13 a month. It has grabbed a sizeable share of the packaged account
  
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• Trouble in the Dales as holiday homes become the new buy-to-let

  01-07-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Holiday homes are attracting investors with returns of up to 12% a year, but will it make life more difficult for local people?Bainbridge is one of the prettiest villages in the Yorkshire Dales, with its wide open village green, ancient stocks and shady trees. But it is also at the heart of what many expect to be the next boom in property investment, as speculators deterred from traditional buy-to-let by new taxes and lending criteria pour into holiday lets instead.Since April buy-to-let investo
  
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• Power through your work commute on an electric bike

  01-07-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Are e-bikes the way forward for your daily slog to work? We meet an e-cycling convert and name the best bikes for your budgetWhen it comes to commuting Philip Dalton has seen the light, or more precisely the electric light. The 44-year-old film producer from Lower Godney in Somerset is the latest convert to electric bikes, the two-wheeled commuting revolution storming across the UK.Dalton verges on the evangelical when describing how, by ditching the car in favour of his electric bike (or e-bike
  
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• Forget austerity, here’s who is to blame for your empty pockets | Patrick Collinson

  01-07-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s less to do with government cuts and more to do with profiteering by private companiesThe mood of the country, we are told, is turning against years of government-imposed austerity. We are fed up with being squeezed by spending cuts; we are rebelling against 1% pay caps – and we are absolutely right to do so. But the real reason the average household feels so badly off is less to do with government cuts and more to do with profiteering by private companies.Research this week by S
  
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• Financial Conduct Authority offers a plaster instead of an antidote | Gina Miller

  01-07-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Nothing in the FCA report into asset management gives investors assurance that the daily theft and duping will stopThe Financial Conduct Authority is finally pursuing a pro-consumer agenda – but it is disappointing that it still appears to be dragging its feet on some key aspects. The UK investment industry has been ripping off the consumer for decades, and it is time for the UK regulator to act rather than have further consultations with the industry and its deeply conflicted trade bodies
  
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• ‘I wish you all the best in the world of work’ – our work expert’s final response

  01-07-2017 07:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Our careers expert – and you the readers – help someone thinking of a career change, and Jeremy bids goodbye after 12 yearsSince being made redundant some years ago I have freelanced, but work has all but dried up and it is time to get a full-time job. However, I also intend to retrain and do a lot of volunteering to that end, as without voluntary experience I cannot get on the necessary postgraduate training programme. I also intend to do a distance learning course. Continue reading
  
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