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• Little known HMRC code will give you instant £4,000 handout

  25-08-2024 22:29 via express.co.uk
  
  A code from HMRC will get you up to £4,000 in handouts but not many people know about the scheme.
  
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• HMRC warns UK households must claim £2,000 handout ‘by Saturday'

  25-08-2024 22:09 via express.co.uk
  
  Households across the UK are being urged to claim the £2,000 handout by Saturday's deadline or miss out until January.
  
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• Martin Lewis MSE warns ‘five days left’ to get instant £365 from Barclays and TSB

  25-08-2024 21:42 via express.co.uk
  
  Barclays and TSB are both offering 'easy' cash to new customers up to £365 says Martin Lewis.
  
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• Home handouts from mum and dads set to top a record £9.2billion this year

  25-08-2024 20:36 via express.co.uk
  
  Research estimates financial gifts from parents and grandparents to their younger family members will rise again in 2024.
  
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• The Guardian view on the future of public transport: time to invest and think big | Editorial

  25-08-2024 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  A Labour-commissioned review is right to argue that trains, buses and trams can be at the heart of a green growth strategyFollowing the general election, the National Audit Office (NAO) released a report that offered a tragicomic epitaph to successive Conservative governments’ spectacular mismanagement of HS2. Scrapping the northern leg of the project, said the NAO, could lead to an actual reduction of capacity between Birmingham and Manchester, because custom-built Hs2 trains travelling o
  
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• EON issues message to all customers with £99 boost

  25-08-2024 17:35 via express.co.uk
  
  Energy firm E.On has issued a message to customers with a £99 boost.
  
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• Incredible Martin Lewis tip slashed £1,746 from my bills - here's exactly what you must do

  25-08-2024 16:57 via express.co.uk
  
  Sam says he was able to make a hefty saving on his broadband, TV and landline fees after following the Money Saving Expert's tip
  
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• Expect more economic pain to come, warns senior UK cabinet minister

  25-08-2024 16:31 via theguardian.com
  Starmer and Reeves unlikely to reverse winter fuel and two-child benefit cap decisions, says Pat McFaddenA senior cabinet minister has warned of more economic pain to come as the government prepares to restrict public spending in ways MPs and campaigners say could exacerbate the cost of living crisis.Pat McFadden, the cabinet office minister, said on Sunday that voters should expect the government to take further difficult decisions, as Keir Starmer prepares to give a speech accusing the Conserv
  
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• ‘It’s key for recruitment’: how fertility benefits got bumped up UK office agenda

  25-08-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Rising employee demand means paid support for IVF or egg freezing is starting to catch on even outside Silicon ValleyA senior banker in London undergoing fertility treatment wanted to keep it under the radar because she felt her employer would not be supportive.In the event, the bank found out by accident, after a hospital sick­note mentioned complications due to IVF. When the woman returned to work, she was told she was being moved abroad and that if she went ahead with the implantation, sh
  
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• More than 600,000 to see cuts of £341 a year on tracker rate mortgages within days

  25-08-2024 13:42 via express.co.uk
  
  Major banks have given the exact dates that customers with tracker mortgages will see their repayments reduce
  
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• Eight ways to slash your tax bill and save cash – here are the rebates you’re missing

  25-08-2024 12:55 via express.co.uk
  
  Experts have warned millions of people in the UK could be paying more tax than they need to be.
  
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• ‘Spectacular bargains’: why now is a great time to buy a used electric car in the UK

  25-08-2024 12:20 via theguardian.com
  
  A secondhand EV is a possibility for many families as the cost of desirable models, including Kias and Teslas, falls to £15,000If your current car is on the way out and you think an electric replacement is too expensive, think again. Three-year-old Tesla Model 3s and Kia e-Niros that will do 250-300 miles on a single charge can now be bought for as little as £14,000.In the last year, forecourt prices for used electric cars have tumbled to the extent that previously unaffordable model
  
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• How to claim on your travel insurance … and win

  25-08-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  These simple tips can make the difference between getting your money back or being left out of pocketIf you’ve been caught up in travel chaos this summer, lost your suitcase, or had to cancel your plans for reasons beyond your control, your travel insurance may help you recover some or all of the costs. Continue reading...
  
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• Inheritance Tax blow for bereaved as number facing big bill over cash gifts rises

  25-08-2024 11:34 via express.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor Rachel Reeves is understood to be planning major changes to what has been described as Britain's most hated tax in her October budget
  
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• Charities 'overwhelmed' by pleas from pensioners worried about staying warm

  25-08-2024 10:39 via express.co.uk
  
  Age UK says it has seen a 40 percent increase in calls to its helpline and a 200 percent rise in the number using its online benefits calculator.
  
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• UK at ‘tipping point’ as Labour tax raid looms - just 10 weeks to save your wealth

  25-08-2024 10:38 via express.co.uk
  
  As millions of pensioners have already learned to their cost, PM Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves have an agenda.
  
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