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• Too much hinges on house prices: but Britain may yet avoid a crash

  12-08-2017 17:00
  The whole economy moves when the property market moves. This is hardly a desirable state of affairs, but we are not in for a re-run of the 1990s slumpHouse price crashes are rare in Britain and it’s not hard to see why. This is a small country with tough planning laws and a tax system that creates incentives for people to invest in bricks and mortar. Mostly, limits on supply plus strong demand equals rising prices.There is little to suggest that the property market is about to go though th
  
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• Here’s how savers can pass £1 million on and bypass inheritance tax

  12-08-2017 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  SAVVY savers have found a loophole to slash the amount of inheritance tax that their kids have to pay on their cash by giving up their final salary pensions in favour of lump sums.
  
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• Boom or bust: what’s the truth about UK house prices?

  12-08-2017 17:00
  Reports of low prices and slow sales suggest the property market has been hit by uncertainty following the Brexit vote. But how bad might it get?Britain’s housing market has hit the buffers as political uncertainty, stamp duty changes and squeezed household incomes all dampen buyer demand.Over the past week, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, Halifax, said that annual house price growth had slowed to the weakest rate in four years and the official surveyors’ body said that acti
  
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• A tale of two housing markets: booming Burnley and stagnant Kensington

  12-08-2017 17:00
  The cheapest and most expensive areas of the country look very different in terms of buyer interest and optimismBurnley has the lowest average house price in the UK, at £78,000, according to the Office for National Statistics. It recently hit the headlines when a study from estate agents Countrywide identified it as the “flipping capital” of Britain, with almost one in 10 homes in the Lancashire town being sold multiple times in just one year. Continue reading...
  
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• Danny Glover and Bernie Sanders seek France's help after Nissan union vote

  12-08-2017 16:22
  After United Auto Workers’ defeat in effort to unionize Mississippi plant, actor and senator turn to government with stake in Nissan-allied RenaultThe actor Danny Glover and Senator Bernie Sanders are preparing to lobby the French government for help in the heated attempt to unionize a Nissan car plant in Mississippi.The United Auto Workers suffered a historic defeat of the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, this month after a long campaign marred by allegations of bribery and intimidati
  
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• UK criticised over sales of military equipment to Venezuela - The ... - Financial Express

  12-08-2017 09:15
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  UK criticised over sales of military equipment to Venezuela - The ...
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  The UK has been criticised for selling military equipment worth millions of pounds to the politically volatile Venezuela in the last decade, prompting calls for ...en meer »
  
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• Want to insure a learner driver? Here’s what you need to know

  12-08-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Adding a 17-year-old to your main policy can be pricey, so pay-per-hour could be a better solution. We crunch the numbersIf your teenage son or daughter has just started driving lessons, or is eagerly awaiting the day they can do so, it probably won’t be long before you find yourself having to navigate the world of “learner driver insurance”.There are lots of companies offering insurance designed for learners, from household names to smaller specialists – but spool back a
  
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• Should homeowners warm to EDF Energy’s free solar panel system?

  12-08-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Those who sign up to the pilot scheme will be bound to buy the energy it generates for 20 yearsIf you want solar photovoltaic panels on your home but don’t have the money for them, EDF Energy is offering to install a free system – complete with storage batteries – if you agree to buy the subsidised power it generates for 20 years.The French-owned energy giant is looking for 100 homes to trial its Sunplug scheme, which is being offered in conjunction with established solar
  
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• Noisy vacuum cleaners will bite the dust under new EU rules

  12-08-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From next month new models must be below 80 decibels – but there are doubts about what will happen after BrexitA ban on the sale of deafening vacuum cleaners, with a noise level above 80 decibels, will come into force at the start of next month in the UK (and other EU countries) under new European rules designed to boost energy efficiency and cut carbon emissions.When Which? tested most new vacuums, it found that noise levels varied dramatically from 65 up to 90 decibels – that&rsquo
  
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• Is physiotherapy really worth it, or are there cheaper solutions?

  12-08-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  I’m getting quite bad pains from constant keyboard work, but I don’t earn much so physio will be a massive cost for me 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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• How I took on a car hire company – and won

  12-08-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  When Goldcar added €60 to Richard Colbey’s rental bill because he hadn’t swept up some sand, it was time to fight backGoldcar, of all the car rental companies, features most in readers’ complaints to Money’s Consumer Champions. So it was with some trepidation that I defied the simple advice – “don’t” – and booked a car with Goldcar, for half the price offered by anyone else, in Bordeaux last month.We hired a family-sized car for a week i
  
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• Have we gone too far in vilifying landlords? | Patrick Collinson

  12-08-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Rogue landlords bring down standards and should be rooted out, but abusing perfectly decent ones is beyond the paleI don’t think the Money pages of the Guardian can ever be accused of being pro-landlord. During the extraordinary rise of buy to let we have consistently pointed out its broader social impact, given a voice to groups such as Priced Out and Generation Rent, highlighted abusive practices by letting agents, tried (though not always successfully) to avoid a style of reporting in w
  
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• EasyJet 'sent passenger on futile tour of Morocco to recover bag'

  12-08-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Airline apologises after holidaymaker was told to collect suitcase from 200km away – even though it turned out not to be thereEasyJet has not only been attacked for overbooking this week – another passenger has described “the worst customer service I have ever experienced” after the airline failed to put her suitcase on a flight to Essaouira, Morocco, and then sent her on an expensive, yet futile, tour of the country to try to recover it. EasyJet left Fi Taylor’s ba
  
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• Bumped off an easyJet flight – even though I had checked in on time

  12-08-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Overbooking by the budget airline wrecked one traveller’s holiday plans, with him complaining about ‘appalling’ treatmentJames Willing from London was looking forward to a restful long weekend in Toulouse with his partner, but it turned out to be anything but, after what he describes as “appalling” treatment by easyJet. The budget airline overbooked the flight and denied him boarding at the gate – even though he had checked in on time.He claims he was sworn at
  
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• Tata Steel completes UK business pension deal - Financial Express

  12-08-2017 02:16
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  Tata Steel completes UK business pension deal
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  Tata Steel announced that the key commercial terms of a RAA had been agreed in principle between Tata Steel UK and the Trustee of BSPS. By: FE Bureau | Mumbai | Updated: August 12, 2017 5:48 AM. tata steel, tata steel uk business pension deal, uk ...
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