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• The woman jailed for a £4,742 council tax debt she could not pay

  12-04-2019 21:26 via theguardian.com
  Melanie Woolcock was not well enough to work and receiving benefits when she was sentencedIn July 2016, Melanie Woolcock, a single mother from Bridgend in Wales, was given an 81-day jail sentence for failing to pay her council tax. Not well enough to work and receiving benefits, she had racked up £4,742 in council tax debts.A court initially ordered her to pay £10 a week towards her arrears. While she kept up the payments for a few months, Woolcock eventually defaulted and was senten
  
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• Trump says he considered his daughter Ivanka to head World Bank

  12-04-2019 19:24 via theguardian.com
  President said in an interview with the Atlantic the first daughter ‘would’ve been great’ because ‘she’s very good with numbers’Donald Trump has confirmed that he considered naming his daughter Ivanka Trump to head the World Bank, and also thinks she would have been a great UN ambassador.In an interview with the Atlantic published on Friday, Trump was apparently quite eager to sing his daughter’s praises: the author writes that she requested an interview
  
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• Viagogo offering tickets to Michelle Obama at more than three times face value

  12-04-2019 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Listings appear to breach law as London’s O2 arena says buyers risk being turned awayThe ticket resale website Viagogo has been criticised for advertising tickets to see Michelle Obama speak this weekend at far above face value, despite the risk that buyers will be turned away.Experts said the ticket listings also appeared to breach consumer law, potentially falling foul of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Continue reading...
  
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• How to save money: These energy-efficient changes could save you £200 a year

  12-04-2019 16:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  MAKING some energy-efficient changes around your home could save you over £200 a year, with some alterations as simple and cheap as changing a lightbulb.
  
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• Pension news: What are the benefits of auto-enrolment schemes? Should I pay in?

  12-04-2019 15:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  PENSION changes came into effect just days ago, with the minimum amount of auto-enrolment contributions increasing for both workers and employers.
  
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• Germany CRISIS: Growth to be slashed by HALF as Brexit shatters export figures

  12-04-2019 15:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  GERMANY is braced to slash its growth forecast for this year by half as fears intensify over the worsening slowdown in Europe’s largest economy.
  
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• EUROZONE CRISIS: EU economy 'running out of growth options' - Huge Brexit fears looming

  12-04-2019 13:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXIT uncertainty is weighing on the European economy and the eurozone is running out of options to boost growth, according to UBS chairman Axel Weber.
  
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• Meet Shakira, the 11-year-old mini-CEO of Penny Appeal

  12-04-2019 12:35 via theguardian.com
  Charity’s new ‘kid boss’ gets straight to work, grilling politicians and visiting an orphanage in AfricaLike many 11-year-olds, Shakira Rahman enjoys gymnastics and singing. But what sets her apart from her peers is she is also the mini-CEO of an international charity.Shakira, who is still at primary school, was recently appointed as “kid boss” of Penny Appeal after the charity’s founder and chair, Adeem Younis, was bowled over by her youthful enthusiasm and i
  
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• Pound euro exchange rate: GBP lower euro benefits from US-China tariff fallout

  12-04-2019 12:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE pound euro exchange rate is down around 0.3 per cent at the time of writing and is currently trading around €1.156.
  
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• Pound US dollar exchange rate: GBP muted as Chinese imports from US slump

  12-04-2019 12:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE pound was flat against the US dollar and the pairing is currently trading at around $1.306.
  
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• How I got my pension back: ‘They said I could only have my money if I died’

  12-04-2019 11:25 via theguardian.com
  As a result of bad investment advice, Christina Roberts faced losing a substantial chunk of her pension. Fortunately, help was at hand … By Heidi Scrimgeour Christina Roberts*, who lives in Wigan with her husband, worked for the ambulance service for 17 years and paid into a final salary pension scheme throughout that time. In 2014, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Roberts left her job and began claiming employment and support allowance (ESA) and disability benefits. Her husban
  
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• Staying in a customs union after Brexit won’t resolve the Irish border issue | Pascal Lamy

  12-04-2019 10:21 via theguardian.com
  Labour’s proposal may not be as simple as it seems: a customs union is favourable but comes with downsidesCommon sense has at last prevailed. The UK parliament has rejected the prospect of a no-deal Brexit and stepped back from the cliff edge. But while the limited extension of the article 50 timetable postpones the threat of no deal until the end of October, it does not remove it. Unless parliament can reach agreement about how to break the impasse, the new cliff edge will soon come into
  
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• Pound LIVE: GBP at three-week LOW against euro – Sterling ‘needs MORE from May on Brexit’

  12-04-2019 09:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE pound remains unimpressed by a delay to Brexit and is this morning trading at a three-week low against the euro.
  
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• Homes for sale that were once a pub – in pictures

  12-04-2019 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From a hilltop village in Devon to a stately home in Northumberland, here are some homes to raise a glass in Continue reading...
  
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