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Poor reviews, missing product: firms’ anti-woke offerings soak consumers

11-05-2024 13:00

A thriving retail niche caters to the performative masculinity of the right wing, oftentimes bilking its chauvinistic client baseRightwing companies are attempting to “bilk” conservative Americans by pushing “anti-woke” products including razors, chocolate and floor cleaner, an analyst said, as the Daily Wire news outlet launched a “reclaim masculinity” multivitamin.The launch of the “manly green vitamin capsules”, which cost 10 times more than Cen

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Michael Gove admits ‘regret’ over rise in children in temporary housing

11-05-2024 12:02

Data shows 112,000 households in temporary housing in England on 31 December 2023, a 12.1% rise on the previous yearMichael Gove has admitted “regret” over the increased number of children in temporary accommodation, as the latest government figures have laid bare the scale of England’s housing crisis.Figures published by the government at the end of April show nearly 112,000 households were in temporary accommodation on 31 December 2023, a 12.1% increase from the previous year

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Lake District caravan owners forced out by 60%-plus price rise

11-05-2024 08:00

A huge increase in fees means many vulnerable people have to leave the Derwentwater site they call homeRetired and vulnerable holiday homeowners claim they are being priced out of a “breathtaking” waterside campsite in the Lake District after the Camping and Caravanning Club raised one of the main charges by more than 60%.The row at the static caravan park on the edge of Derwentwater, sometimes called “Queen of the Lakes” because it is cradled by fells, is over the &ldquo

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‘It felt like a massive scam’: the minor prangs to cars that lead to huge charges

11-05-2024 08:00

Readers tell us insurance premiums soared and vehicles were written off after the cost of claims soaredWant to know why your car insurance premium has doubled in the past two years? Could the apparently bizarre and wasteful way that car insurers pay claims have something to do with it?Guardian Money recently asked readers to describe their experience after they had been involved in minor prangs, and the responses – and the figures quoted – are astonishing. Continue reading...

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