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• Gym payments battle works out for fitness fanatic

  31-10-2023 23:33 via express.co.uk
  
  It has been a test of her persistence that she hadn't expected, but all has worked out well for a fitness fan over her gym membership.
  
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• Martin Lewis’ urgent warning to direct debit energy payers who may be forking out more

  31-10-2023 23:13 via express.co.uk
  
  Martin Lewis' warning comes as the UK's energy customers prepare to enter a winter of uncertainty.
  
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• Martin Lewis tells Britons why it’s not worth fixing eye-watering energy prices now

  31-10-2023 22:23 via express.co.uk
  
  Mr Lewis explained that the answer he gave to the audience member was not the one he would have given an hour before.
  
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• Families can save money on energy bills - but only if they make these home improvements

  31-10-2023 19:16 via express.co.uk
  
  Energy bills are expected to rise for millions of households this winter but there are ways families can reduce costs.
  
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• TSB reimbursed 15 times more customers’ fraud losses than Monzo in 2022

  31-10-2023 18:37
  
  Regulator figures show huge differences in banks’ treatment of fraud victims, from 94% of claims refunded by TSB to 6% at MonzoThe shocking disparity in the way the banks refund fraud victims has been laid bare in figures that show TSB refunded 94% of customer fraud claims in full last year, while for Monzo the figure was just 6%.According to the data, published on Tuesday by the Payments System Regulator (PSR), TSB was the standout bank in terms of refunding victims of authorised push pay
  
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• ‘My eight savings tips could slash your Tesco supermarket shopping bill by £30 a week’

  31-10-2023 18:17 via express.co.uk
  
  Supermarket savings tips are being shared by content creators on apps, including TikTok, which can help you save a fortune.
  
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• How to be successful as a digital nomad | Letter

  31-10-2023 17:56
  
  Mike Potter on the best way to create a home away from homeReading Francesca Specter’s article on being a digital nomad from my temporary desk in Asunción, Paraguay, I felt compelled to offer my perspective (My year as a digital nomad looked perfect online. The reality? Lost luggage and no days off, theguardian.com, 30 October).Social media posts rarely paint an accurate picture of anyone’s true life experience, and this perhaps is even more true of the digital nomad lifestyle
  
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• ‘My supermarket hack could save you money at Asda - it’s such a good idea!’

  31-10-2023 17:24 via express.co.uk
  
  Shoppers are looking to make big savings at supermarkets - with stores like Asda offering deals.
  
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• Australian property prices soar to record levels despite higher interest rates

  31-10-2023 15:00
  
  New figures show significant growth in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth with many suburbs seeing increases of more than 15% and Sydney up by 7.5%Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s property prices have soared to record levels in several capital cities as limited sales volumes and rising populations more than made up for the dampening effect of higher interest rates, two data groups say.The ne
  
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• I lost myself looking after my dad with dementia: how home carers enabled a daughter to regain her independence

  31-10-2023 13:33
  
  When Katina Sheehan’s father and then mother needed additional support, she initially tried to do it all herself. She tells Rachel Williams why she wishes she’d introduced a ‘liberating’ professional care package sooner“I lost myself,” Katina Sheehan says of the period she spent struggling to look after her father, Michael, at home as dementia took hold of him, while still trying to work and care for the rest of her family. “I was just so caught up in th
  
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• Energy provider launches £40million customer support package - are you eligible for help?

  31-10-2023 11:44 via express.co.uk
  
  OVO's support package includes over a million pounds worth of free energy-saving products, such as electric blankets, to help households reduce consumption.
  
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• 'We were brainwashed and left with £50,000 debt with no way to repay it'

  31-10-2023 11:22 via express.co.uk
  
  Victims are now lying to the banks after being put "under spell" by fraudsters trying to steal their hard-earned cash.
  
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• 'My state pension has a big hole - nobody warned me about this one key catch'

  31-10-2023 10:06 via express.co.uk
  
  Britons are warned "there is a catch" when claiming child benefit on a high income.
  
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• The English rental market isn’t just cracked, it’s falling down | Gaby Hinsliff

  31-10-2023 09:00
  
  Conditions are desperate, with some people having to move almost yearly – and still the government stalls on reformPack up your life into a pile of cardboard boxes, and move on. Unpack it all, dare to relax and buy a few houseplants, and before long you’ll probably only have to pack it up all over again. Moving house is famously up there with divorce and childbirth among life’s most stressful events, but for renters in some English property hotspots it’s now almost a perm
  
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• FCA acts against PayPal and QVC as more Britons turn to buy now, pay later

  31-10-2023 01:01
  
  Payments group and TV shopping channel change small print after financial regulator steps inThe City regulator has taken action after finding that customers of two leading buy now, pay later providers were “at risk of harm” because of potentially unfair and unclear small print.The US-based online payments group PayPal and the TV shopping channel QVC have changed the terms of their contracts after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) expressed “concern” over the impact to
  
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