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• Let’s move to Kendal, Cumbria: a proper town in permanent festival mode

  14-06-2019 17:30
  You have the luxury of two of the most magnificent national parks – the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales – at the edge of townWhat’s going for it? Auld Grey Town, they call it, and under a heavy blanket of cloud and drizzle rolled in from the fells, it sure is, though the cheerier among you may notice the light sparkle in the stones of its limestone streets, and the fact that the steeply sloping sides of the town mean the lush green fields of the countryside are never far from
  
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• Italy euro crisis: Leaders defiant against EU budget rules depsite plummeting exports

  14-06-2019 16:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  ITALIAN finance minister Giovanni Tria said Rome will prove to the European Commission it is on top of its finances, as the debt-ridden nation faces disciplinary action from Brussels.
  
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• Online holiday booking scams and how to avoid them

  14-06-2019 13:32
  New research into cybersecurity has revealed UK holidaymakers lost more than £7m to fake sites and fraud in 2018. We outline the five most common scams and ways to protect a trip and your dataWith UK holidaymakers looking to book their summer breaks, industry experts are warning them to look out for online scams and fake websites.Fraudsters stole more than £7m from holidaymakers in 2018, according to a new report from the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta), the national cybe
  
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• Help to buy has helped the well-off – and made the housing crisis worse | Vicky Spratt

  14-06-2019 13:05
  More than half of those using the scheme could already afford a home. The government must stop propping up a broken marketConservative politicians have long professed their infallible belief that Britain should be a “property-owning democracy”. From Noel Skelton, who actually came up with the phrase in the 1920s, to Margaret Thatcher, who usually gets the credit, it is their maxim. So in 2010, when David Cameron found himself presiding over a fall in homeownership so severe that it h
  
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• ‘Socialism for the rich’: the evils of bad economics – podcast

  14-06-2019 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The economic arguments adopted by Britain and the US in the 1980s led to vastly increased inequality – and gave the false impression that this outcome was not only inevitable, but good• Read the text version here Continue reading...
  
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• German car nightmare: Motor expert warns of worldwide chaos WORSE than financial crisis

  14-06-2019 12:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  A WORLDWIDE car crisis is feared to be imminent with a German motor expert predicting the United States-China trade war will leave a deeper scar than the 2008 financial crisis.
  
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• Iceland to open 50 new stores this year - is an Iceland store coming to your town?

  14-06-2019 12:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  ICELAND will open 50 new stores across the UK this year as the frozen food supermarket chain unveiled plans to tackle competition from discounters Aldi and Lidl.
  
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• EU civil war: Germany warns Italy NOT to cross bloc as Rome braces for £3billion fine

  14-06-2019 11:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  GERMANY’S Finance Minister has warned Italy not to flout European Union rules after Rome was threatened with disciplinary action over rising debt.
  
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• WTO at risk of ‘existential crisis’ shock caution over future of free trade - Liam Fox

  14-06-2019 09:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE World Trade Organisation is at risk of plunging into an “existential crisis” with the future of free trade under threat from global tensions, Liam Fox has warned.
  
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• Pension WARNING: UK pensioners to run out of money more than 10 years before they die

  14-06-2019 09:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  PENSION warnings are being made, stating that pensioners may well end up in dire straits at the end of their lives. Expert economists have claimed pensioners could run out of money more then 10 years before they die.
  
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• Homes for large families – in pictures

  14-06-2019 08:00
  There’s plenty of space for your brood in these family-friendly properties, from London to Scotland Continue reading...
  
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• First avocado toast was feckless, now it’s coffee. Maybe they have a point? | Emma Brockes

  14-06-2019 07:00
  The preaching of finance experts may be tiresome, but perhaps we should take another look at our constant consumptionI get notifications on my phone whenever I use my bank card and this week, while undertaking a mini-audit, I noted that I was doing something that apparently leads to financial ruin. The other morning, in a bakery on Broadway, I spent $8.70 on non-essential pastries. A few hours later, in spite of the loaf of bread in my house, I threw down $8.25 at Pick A Bagel. And scattered thr
  
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