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• Tell us: how have you been affected by automation at work?

  08-04-2019 18:30 via theguardian.com
  We would like to hear your experiences as new stats say 1.5m people could find themselves out of work
  About 1.5 million workers in Britain are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation, according to government estimates, with women and those in part-time work most affected. Related: Robots will take our jobs. We’d better plan now, before it’s too late | Larry ElliottContinue reading...
  
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• Why women need to stop saving their cash – and start investing

  08-04-2019 16:11 via theguardian.com
  Money is still a taboo subject for women and they are the poorer for it. But it’s easy to invest in stocks and shares, starting with £25 a monthFourteen years ago, I edited a magazine for investors. I took over the job from another woman, many of the journalists I commissioned were women, and most of the press officers I spoke to were women. But when it came to the fund managers we interviewed, almost all were men. The readership, too, was overwhelmingly male. Women clearly understoo
  
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• Rise in cost of probate has been delayed by Brexit turmoil

  08-04-2019 08:00 via theguardian.com
  New system would see sliding scale of charges for granting official approval of a willPlans to increase the cost of probate for grieving friends and families sorting out the wills of loved ones are being repeatedly delayed by Brexit, amid a widespread backlash against their implementation.The proposals, dismissed by critics as a “stealth death tax”, would introduce a sliding scale of charges to replace the current flat rate of £215 for granting official approval of any will. Co
  
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• Can my brother force me to sell our late father's cottage?

  08-04-2019 08:00 via theguardian.com
  I want to buy my sibling out, but we can’t agree on a price and now he wants to go to courtQ My brother and I inherited a cottage from my father. The cottage is of great sentimental value to me and I would like to keep it as a holiday home. My brother just wants as much money as possible from his inheritance. I’d like to buy his share, but we are unable to agree on a price. I obtained a surveyor’s valuation on the cottage, which valued the property at £120,000. My brother
  
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• After Brilliant Energy collapse we’re facing a 68% price rise

  08-04-2019 08:00 via theguardian.com
  We’re trapped in SSE’s most expensive tariff and there seems to be no escapeI am one of 17,000 customers of Brilliant Energy, which collapsed last month. Two weeks ago, Ofgem appointed SSE as the “supplier of last resort” and handed all of us over to them with approval to put us on to its most expensive standard variable tariff. SSE and Ofgem also told me we could not move suppliers until SSE had set up our new accounts. I am furious: this is an increase of 68%, or more t
  
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• My Airbnb habit left me sleeping under my desk – but it saved my career

  08-04-2019 07:30 via theguardian.com
  I rented out my place to support my freelance lifestyle. While the money flowed in, I slept at the officeIt was a little after 2am one Friday morning two Novembers ago when I found myself on the Red Line train, on the north side of Chicago, though I had been all the way north and south a few times already that night. I was tired, a little cold, and things were getting sketchy. I’d never been on the L that late before, and my plan to ride all night was seeming less and less safe the more st
  
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• New laws on payslip information come into force this week

  08-04-2019 07:01 via theguardian.com
  Shakeup means 300,000 workers will be receiving payslips for the first timeNew laws on payslips come into force from this week, requiring employers to set out variable rates of pay and hours worked so that workers can more easily check that they are receiving the minimum wage.The rules will also mean about 300,000 workers will receive payslips for the first time, ministers said. It is expected to benefit many people on casual and zero-hours contracts. Continue reading...
  
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