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• Ben Jennings on the effect of soaring food prices on families – cartoon

  24-04-2023 21:00
  
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• Check your payslip to find out if you are owed a tax rebate - full list of tax codes

  24-04-2023 20:51 via express.co.uk
  
  People who are in the wrong tax code could be owed thousands of pounds from HMRC.
  
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• Over half of young adults aged 18-34 are in it for the long haul with current employer

  24-04-2023 20:05 via express.co.uk
  
  A third of Millennials and Gen Z adults claim they are happy to become a "lifer" at their company - even if they are just starting out in their career.
  
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• Decline of cash payments sparks fears of UK becoming a ‘big brother society’

  24-04-2023 19:53 via express.co.uk
  
  Express.co.uk readers have voted overwhelmingly against the UK becoming a cashless society despite an increase in electronic payments through physical cards or bank transfers.
  
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• State pensioners urged to check if they can claim Pension Credit with up to £3,500 boost

  24-04-2023 19:44 via express.co.uk
  
  Pension Credit tops up the income of people of state pension age on low incomes.
  
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• BBC urged to resolve dispute over scrapping free TV licences for over 75s

  24-04-2023 19:01 via express.co.uk
  
  BBC bosses have refused to consider ways to defuse the dispute over scrapping free TV licences for the over 75s, a campaigner has said.
  
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• Help to fix a mortgage dilemma in testing times – The Crusader

  24-04-2023 18:35 via express.co.uk
  
  "How?" and "When?" are the two big questions for a homeowner juggling mortgages coming to the end of their terms on his home and a buy-to-let flat.
  
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• One in five adults fear cost-of-living crisis will put retirement plans at risk

  24-04-2023 18:03 via express.co.uk
  
  More than one in ten claim to have taken "drastic action" to keep their retirement plans on track.
  
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• Young people are wising up to the Great British student rip-off – and they're voting with their feet | Simon Jenkins

  24-04-2023 17:40
  
  As universities wind down teaching for yet another round of exams, more and more prospective graduates are asking: why bother?This week begins one of the worst deals offered by any British professional institution. Almost all universities are about to stop teaching students and subject them to pointless exams, mocks and quantification, before passing or failing them, then packing up and reassembling some months later in September. For an average price of tens of thousands of pounds a head (excep
  
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• ‘Great way to save!’ HSBC offers competitive 4.25% instant access savings account

  24-04-2023 16:34 via express.co.uk
  
  Savers with an HSBC MySavings account can make any number of withdrawals without incurring a fee.
  
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• We want to buy a second home. What type of mortgage is best?

  24-04-2023 13:05
  
  My partner and I – he is a first-time buyer – would use the property at weekends and for holiday letsQ My partner and I are buying a second home to use as a holiday home. He’s a first-time buyer but I’m not as I own the flat that we currently live in. We are hoping to buy a flat at the Kent seaside to be used as a holiday home for ourselves – think Monday to Friday in London, then the weekends by the sea – and potentially rent it out as a furnished holiday let
  
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• Rishi Sunak’s wife’s business links tell the story of Britain’s broken childcare system | Dalia Gebrial

  24-04-2023 11:00
  
  Koru Kids is one of many digital platforms positioning themselves as ‘technofixes’ to costly and oversubscribed providersRishi Sunak is being investigated over a potential breach of rules for failing to declare the financial interest of his wife, Akshata Murthy, in Koru Kids, one of six childminder agencies that benefited from a policy change in last month’s budget.Whether or not Sunak broke the rules by failing to declare his wife’s interest will be decided by parliament
  
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• Do your homework if you want to grab rising savings rates

  24-04-2023 10:00
  
  Inflation has brought some good news – for savers. But the best deals may not be around for longAmid the cost of living crisis, savers have been among the only ones who have got anything positive out of it, as rates teeter at around their highest levels in more than a decade.Consumers can get close to 5% for those willing to put their money away for up to two years – but even easy-access accounts are many times better than they were in 2021. Continue reading...
  
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• This 4.70% savings account now pays UK's best rate but expert warns it 'may not last long'

  24-04-2023 09:48 via express.co.uk
  
  Interest rates on short-term fixed rate savings bonds continue to rise but this may not last much longer. Savers must act fast if they see a good deal or risk missing out.
  
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• How to learn and study in the UK at low (or no) cost

  24-04-2023 08:00
  
  From accessing free online courses worldwide to the local library, there are plenty of optionsBooks, tutors, study tools, materials … the prices all add up. Whether you are a student at school, college or university or hoping to swot up on a topic independently, there are ways around some of the costs if you know where to look. Continue reading...
  
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• BA says it can’t find voucher it issued after flight cancellation

  24-04-2023 08:00
  
  And I have to use it or lose it, as it runs out by end of SeptemberCan you please help with a problem I have with British Airways that is proving impossible to resolve? During the height of the Covid crisis, we were due to take two flights with the airline, one to Iceland and the other to New Orleans. Both trips had to be cancelled as, at the time, both countries were refusing entry to tourists. Like thousands of other travellers, we accepted two sets of replacement e-vouchers to the value of &p
  
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• Asking price of properties popular with UK first-time buyers hits record

  24-04-2023 08:00
  
  Average of £224,963 for homes with one or two bedrooms is 2% higher than a year ago, says RightmoveThose people hoping to get on to the UK housing ladder are facing record asking prices, as calm returns to the sector after last autumn’s mini-budget spooked the markets.Rightmove, the property portal, reports that the average asking price of properties popular with first-time buyers – those with one or two bedrooms – has hit a record price of £224,963 in the last mont
  
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• Ofgem to call for vulnerable households register, with 1.7m to miss energy support

  24-04-2023 01:01
  
  Report shows government plan for targeted help would fail to reach homes not registered for benefitsThe energy regulator Ofgem will on Monday call for vulnerable households to be better protected through a new universal priority services register, as researchers warn that about 1.7m households in severe fuel poverty will miss out on extra help because they are not registered to receive certain benefits.A report commissioned by the Child Poverty Action Group found that the UK government’s n
  
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• Millions missing out on broadband social tariffs in UK, says Ofcom

  24-04-2023 01:01
  
  Regulator calls for better promotion of offers available to low-income households receiving benefitsMore than 4m UK households may be missing out on deeply discounted savings on their broadband bills, the telecoms regulator has said as it called for better promotion of the offers for those receiving benefits.Only 220,000 households have signed up to cheaper social tariffs offered by almost all of the UK’s main broadband providers, according to data published on Monday by Ofcom. Continue re
  
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• Labour cuts ties with CBI and says lobby group needs ‘root and branch reform’

  24-04-2023 01:00
  
  Flood of Confederation of British Industry members have quit since allegations reported by the GuardianThe Labour party has cut all ties with the Confederation of British Industry after the Guardian’s revelations about alleged sexual misconduct by male employees at the lobbying group.The CBI experienced an exodus of major member businesses at the end of last week, including the insurer Aviva, the retailer John Lewis, the manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover and the banking firm Natwest Group. Co
  
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