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• Pension pots could be boosted by £46k as Labour urged to make key change

  23-08-2024 21:04 via express.co.uk
  
  Changes could help many across the UK significantly boost their pension pots for the future.
  
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• Millions facing ‘cruel winter’ without fuel payments, Labour MPs warn

  23-08-2024 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Backbenchers say end to support schemes would be ‘wrong measure’ that ignores struggle of poorest households• Which benefits are available to vulnerable people?Millions of vulnerable people face a “cruel winter” owing to a combination of rising energy costs and government cuts to welfare schemes, Labour MPs and campaigners have warned, as Keir Starmer comes under pressure to extend key financial support programmes.Labour backbenchers are calling on the prime minister
  
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• Cut energy bills by 10% this winter using heating expert's simple radiator hack

  23-08-2024 18:59 via express.co.uk
  
  As Ofgem confirms the energy price cap will rise by 10% this winter, an engineering lecturer shared his top tips on cutting your heating bill in minutes.
  
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• Trade union bosses can taste blood - and that's bad news for Keir Starmer

  23-08-2024 17:07 via express.co.uk
  
  Trade union bosses were all over our TV screens when I was growing up in the 1970s. Now they're back and they won't go away.
  
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• John Lewis begins Christmas countdown with top-10 toy forecast

  23-08-2024 16:22 via theguardian.com
  Deluxe wooden play kitchen, Barbie sets and pretend record player included in prediction You may still be on your summer holiday, and it is weeks until the clocks change, but – Grinches look away – the countdown to Christmas has begun.With 124 sleeps to go, gift catalogues are landing on doormats, tickets to winter wonderlands and skating rinks are being booked and heaven help you if you haven’t joined a waiting list for a posh beauty Advent calendar.Squish-a-Longs 14-pack &nda
  
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• British Gas sends important message to millions of customers ahead of price hike

  23-08-2024 16:22 via express.co.uk
  
  The price hike will affect millions of homes across the UK - but British Gas has given its customers a way to beat the energy price cap rise
  
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• Labour is right about LTNs – the Tories need to learn the same lesson

  23-08-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  For all the initial noise against low-traffic neighbourhoods, most people like them and they can benefit the public purseHere are four words you might not expect from me, as a former Conservative aide, so make the most of them: Louise Haigh is right. Half right, anyway. Labour’s new transport secretary has taken some flak – though not, interestingly, a vast amount - for interviews this week stating that councils that create low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), 20mph zones and bike lane
  
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• I have been a Labour loyalist for 45 years, but cutting the winter fuel allowance is short-sighted folly | George Foulkes

  23-08-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  While I do understand the logic of this proposal, it would have a devastating effect on hundreds of thousands of poorer pensionersThe Labour government has made an impressive start. Few prime ministers can claim to have faced down a public service pay crisis and a spate of rightwing rioting within a month of taking office. In both cases Keir Starmer has met the challenge head-on, restoring a relationship with our public service workers and cracking down on the thugs who attempted to spread fear
  
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• Government urged to tackle state pension age rises 'imminently'

  23-08-2024 15:27 via express.co.uk
  
  Right now, state pension age sits a 66 years old for both men and women. But plans indicate a jump to 67 between 2026-28, with a further push up to 68 by 2046.
  
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• How the DWP assesses PIP claims: Key factors and components explained

  23-08-2024 15:08 via express.co.uk
  
  Personal Independence Payment is a benefit that can help with some of the extra costs caused by long-term ill-health or a disability
  
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• ‘Wake-up call’: government needs to act fast to upgrade UK’s draughty homes as energy price rises loom

  23-08-2024 14:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour has yet to confirm its plans for home heating or insulation as reliance on expensive gas forces bills upMartin Lewis calls for rethink over plan to limit winter fuel paymentsQ&A: What is the energy price cap?The 10% increase in the energy price cap will be causing anxiety for people across the UK. But the high prices will hit one group particularly hard – people living in uninsulated, poorly constructed homes who may very well be at the bottom end of the income scale.This group
  
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• What is the energy price cap and can I cut my bill?

  23-08-2024 13:33 via theguardian.com
  The lowdown on what the quarterly decision by Ofgem means for households in Great BritainAverage annual energy bill to rise to £1,717 in Great BritainMartin Lewis calls for rethink over plan to limit winter fuel paymentsEnergy bills will rise in October after the industry regulator announced a 10% increase in its cap on energy prices.Under the new price cap, the average annual energy bill will rise to £1,717 a year for gas and electricity, up £149 from its current level of &pou
  
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• Martin Lewis calls for rethink of plan to limit winter fuel payments

  23-08-2024 11:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Consumer champion urges UK government to expand criteria under which pensioners will still get supportAverage annual energy bill to rise to £1,717 in Great BritainQ&A: What is the energy price cap?Business live – latest updatesThe consumer champion Martin Lewis has called on the government to rethink plans to limit the winter fuel allowance, saying the criteria for pensioner support are “far too narrow”.Lewis said that while he generally supported the idea of dropping
  
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• Average annual energy bill to rise by 10% to £1,717 in Great Britain from October

  23-08-2024 08:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaigners fear increase by £149 in energy price cap by Ofgem will put more pressure on householdsMartin Lewis calls for rethink over plan to limit winter fuel paymentsQ&A: What is the energy price cap?Business live – latest updatesHouseholds in Great Britain will begin the run-up to winter with a 10% increase in their energy bills after the industry regulator increased its cap on gas and electricity prices from October.Under the new price cap, the average annual dual-fuel energ
  
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• Homes for sale with or on islands around the UK – in pictures

  23-08-2024 08:07 via theguardian.com
  
  From a sprawling 180-hectare island with seven properties in Scotland to a six-bedroom home in a south-west London artistic community Continue reading...
  
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