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• OVO Energy sending money to state pensioners losing £300 Winter Fuel Payment

  16-09-2024 20:08 via express.co.uk
  
  Energy supplier OVO is sending money to state pensioners struggling without their £300 Winter Fuel Payment this year.
  
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• State pensioners ‘handed £350’ if they spend 99p after Winter Fuel Payment axe

  16-09-2024 19:50 via express.co.uk
  
  State pensioners are being urged to spend 99p and get £350 back
  
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• Martin Lewis issues state pension warning to anyone born after 1951

  16-09-2024 19:19 via express.co.uk
  
  Money expert Martin Lewis has issued a warning about your pension if you're born after 1951.
  
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• Cutting winter fuel payment is just the start - what Labour does next will be brutal

  16-09-2024 17:23 via express.co.uk
  
  Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves' decision to axe the Winter Fuel Payment for 10 million pensioners has caused outrage. Trust me, there's a lot worse to come.
  
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• Revealed: criminals and unlicensed agents operating across Australia’s real estate sector

  16-09-2024 17:00
  
  Revelations come amid federal government push for additional scrutiny of sector through counter-terror financing and money-laundering lawsRead more in the Hot property seriesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConvicted criminals and unlicensed agents are operating in the real estate sector across multiple states, a Guardian Australia investigation has found.In New South Wales, the Guardian has established that two indi
  
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• DWP to slash six benefits - Brits urged to act as soon as they receive letter

  16-09-2024 16:33 via express.co.uk
  
  Six means-tested DWP benefits are set to end in the coming months.
  
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• Millions of UK families to get £200 cost of living payment in latest boost

  16-09-2024 16:31 via express.co.uk
  
  Local councils could give out payments to those most in need in the coming months
  
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• Drivers risking £1,000 fines for headlight mistake that could cause a crash

  16-09-2024 15:25 via express.co.uk
  
  All cars within the UK have been legally acquired to contain daytime running lights since 2011 - but there's a simple error many motorists could be making
  
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• 'Dread' as pubs face closures amid £1 billion tax bombshell

  16-09-2024 15:25 via express.co.uk
  
  Industry leaders say the hospitality sector faces the quadrupling of annual bills due to the end of business rates relief
  
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• Four in ten Brits miss out on 'free money' as reward schemes 'too confusing'

  16-09-2024 14:43 via express.co.uk
  
  A study of 2,000 adults found only 20% use cashback schemes or other money-saving tricks when making purchases - worrying they're a scam or too confusing.
  
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• The 40-year mortgage – solution to rising property values or too high a price to pay?

  16-09-2024 11:30
  Deals that last four decades can help some get on the property ladder, but the overall cost may be a shockA growing number of first-time buyers are opting for 35- or 40-year mortgages in order to be able to buy a home. As house prices and interest rates remain high, buyers are taking out longer loans to keep their monthly repayments affordable, but experts say they risk paying thousands more over the length of the mortgage.A report from UK Finance, the lenders’ trade body, says that even t
  
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• Lloyds sent my £37,000 to the Duchy of Cornwall and I can’t get it back

  16-09-2024 09:30
  
  I changed my business to sole trader status. The next thing I knew, my firm had been deemed ‘dissolved’ and my money given to the statePlease help me track down my £37,700. In November 2023, ill health forced me to wind up my limited company and revert the business to sole-trader. My bank, Lloyds, duly changed my business account and sent a new debit card.Last February, companies I pay by direct debit complained of non-payment, and I could no longer access my account online. I
  
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• Gap between average rents in north and south of England shrinks to lowest level

  16-09-2024 01:01
  
  Narrowing rate now stands at 37% with tenants in north paying £960 a month compared with £1,317 in southThe gap in rents paid by those in the north and south of England has closed to its lowest level in at least 11 years, figures have shown.In its latest monthly lettings index, the property company Hamptons reported that the average rent paid by tenants in the north of England in August was £960 a month, an increase of 9.6% compared with the same period last year. Continue read
  
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• Automatically enrol young staff into workplace pension schemes, says IFS

  16-09-2024 01:01
  
  Thinktank says with up to 40% of staff on track for inadequate funds even 16-year-olds should be signed upEmployees as young as 16 should be automatically enroled into workplace pensions and there is a strong case for making their employers pay in even when they do not contribute themselves, according to a leading thinktank.The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned that many current workers are on track for “inadequate retirement incomes”, with between 30% and 40% of private
  
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