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• Increased housebuilding will not benefit young buyers | Letters

  14-05-2023 18:27
  
  John Worrall says developers will not boost supply to the point where they have to drop prices and Alan Horne thinks a complete reset on housing policy is requiredGaby Hinsliff says that “most Britons now accept the case for more housebuilding” (Britain’s nimby homeowners: do you really want your children living with you for ever? 12 May). However, developers will not increase supply to the point where they have to drop prices. They might say they will, but that is a ploy to ge
  
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• ‘Bailiffs may be sent to the house,’ family of dementia sufferer, 90, told about closing his Vodafone account

  14-05-2023 10:00
  
  Company apologies for language used in dealing with daughter and wife negotiating for their relative with memory lossA 90-year-old man with dementia was threatened with bailiffs after his wife tried to cancel a mobile phone contract that he can no longer use.Vodafone refused to close Frederick Brown’s* account because he could not remember his security passwords, and the company told his wife it might take enforcement action if she cancelled the direct debit. Brown, who has been a Vodafone
  
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• ‘Sustainable’ pension funds accused of greenwashing over billions held in oil and gas firms

  14-05-2023 09:00
  
  Warning comes as UK watchdog set to tighten rules for asset managers given short-term targetsPeople investing their pensions in funds that claim green credentials are being warned they may actually be backing the world’s largest oil and gas companies.Carbon Tracker Initiative said that asset managers have invested $376bn (£295bn) in oil and gas companies, despite publicly pledging to back efforts to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C. The environmental thinktank based in London a
  
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• Listen up: how to access audiobooks for less – or even for free

  14-05-2023 09:00
  
  We review 15 services and look at options if you want to avoid the Amazon-owned market leader, AudibleBeth Leitch listened to more than 200 audiobooks last year. “I have chronic fatigue syndrome – also known as ME – and was having to rest all day,” the 17-year-old says.Unable to read anything in print without getting a headache, she thought she was going to “go nuts” from boredom. “Then someone suggested audiobooks to me, and it completely changed my lif
  
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• Woman, 84, not sure what she'll do when savings run out as 'state pension doesn't go far'

  14-05-2023 05:01 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: As the cost of living crisis continues, a retiree has warned older Britons that the state pension "doesn't go very far at all".
  
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• Pensions are 'valuable tool' to reduce IHT burden - but Britons must make vital check

  14-05-2023 05:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Pensions are not typically included in a person's estate, but it's important to nominate a beneficiary in order to avoid an inheritance tax bill.
  
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• Is it better to inherit or gift a property? Inheritance tax rules and ‘risks’ explained

  14-05-2023 05:01 via express.co.uk
  
  The inheritance tax threshold being frozen at £325,000 since 2009 has left many Britons searching for ways to reduce the potential tax burden.
  
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• Britons could earn hundreds on their cash by considering 'good alternative' for savings

  14-05-2023 05:01 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Britons are warned that as inflation continues to rise, they are missing out on hundreds of pounds by not considering alternative options for their savings.
  
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• You could save £1,800 on energy bills with home improvement but many make 'common mistake'

  14-05-2023 05:00 via express.co.uk
  
  People can save on their energy bills by upgrading their windows, an expert has told Express.co.uk in an exclusive interview.
  
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• Sunak food summit promises star guest and lots of rhubarb

  14-05-2023 01:05
  
  It’s hard to see the PM’s talks with farmers, store chiefs and the (rumoured) odd TV star producing concrete proposalsFarmers throwing in the towel amid soaring costs and labour shortages and falling domestic production of some foods have resulted in repeated gaps on British supermarket shelves – much to shoppers’ chagrin.UK agriculture has had a torrid few years navigating the fallout from Brexit and the pandemic at a time when squeezed consumers are reassessing what the
  
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