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• The best Christmas trees: everything you need to know, from sustainability to style

  28-11-2024 18:41
  
  Oh, Christmas trees, how lovely are your branches and are you going to cost the Earth? Our writer demystifies buying the perfect tree, whether real, potted, rental or artificial• The best Christmas baubles and decorations: 28 trinkets to deck the hallsFew things signal the beginning of Christmas like a beautifully dressed tree. But as more of us try to make sustainable choices, the idea of discarding a real tree come January can feel wasteful. The alternative – artificial trees &ndash
  
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• DWP says spend 16 minutes to get free £300 before December date

  28-11-2024 18:35 via express.co.uk
  
  The DWP is urging UK households to take the time to see if they're eligible for hundreds extra.
  
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• UK households can earn money on side legally after new Airbnb rule

  28-11-2024 18:27 via express.co.uk
  
  A new rule will allow tenants to make money on the side with Airbnb.
  
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• Bank raises interest on easy access savings account to 4.61% and earns 'excellent' rating

  28-11-2024 18:07 via express.co.uk
  
  The new savings deal has secured a "competitive" position in the easy access sector.
  
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• Martin Lewis gives exact dates energy bills will go up twice more in 2025

  28-11-2024 17:30 via express.co.uk
  
  Money expert Martin Lewis has warned that energy bills for all suppliers from British Gas to OVO, EDF, EON and Octopus will go up twice more in 2025.
  
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• Iceland age limit rule gives customers big discount at checkout

  28-11-2024 17:03 via express.co.uk
  
  The popular supermarket which specialises in frozen good is giving a big discount to eligible shoppers.
  
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• Scottish ministers pledge universal winter fuel payments for pensioners

  28-11-2024 16:59
  
  SNP says heating payment will go to ‘every single Scottish pensioner’ from next yearUK politics live – latest updatesThe Scottish government will reintroduce universal winter fuel payments for pensioners, in a bid to outstrip Labour ahead of the Holyrood elections.Nearly a million pensioners will benefit from the SNP government’s mitigation after the Labour UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced her controversial policy to means-test winter fuel payments for older people
  
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• Motorists handed rip-off fuel prices warning amid weak competition on forecourts

  28-11-2024 16:49 via express.co.uk
  
  The watchdog is calling on the new Labour government to push ahead with its recommendation to set up a new regime called Fuel Finder
  
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• UK motorists still paying more than they should for fuel, watchdog warns

  28-11-2024 16:36
  
  Government urged to take action as CMA report finds retailers have not passed on the falling cost of energyUK motorists are paying more than they should for petrol and diesel even as global energy market prices have fallen in recent months, the competition watchdog has warned.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) repeated its call for the new government to take action “as soon as possible” to end the “persistent” overcharging, six months after it found that motorist
  
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• Warning at surge in cash-strapped retirees taking out more mortgages

  28-11-2024 16:31 via express.co.uk
  
  The number of mortgages taken out by people who have retired jumped 17.14 per cent year on year.
  
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• OVO Energy gives huge handout to anyone with a Tesco Clubcard

  28-11-2024 16:31 via express.co.uk
  
  OVO Energy customers with a Tesco Clubcard can claim a free handout.
  
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• Pension credit refusals soar as oaps desperately try to get winter fuel payments

  28-11-2024 16:17 via express.co.uk
  
  Age UK blasts government 'disastrous decision' and said government needs to step in to help low income pensioners
  
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• Rival fans at Old Trafford and Anfield to unite in protests against ticket prices

  28-11-2024 15:26
  
  Fans to come together at Sunday’s Premier League gamesManchester United raised members’ ticket prices to £66 Manchester United, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester City fans will hold joint protests against rising ticket prices on Sunday as part of the Football Supporters’ Association’s Stop Exploiting Loyalty campaign.The action will take place before United host Everton at 1.30pm and Liverpool face City at 4.30pm. At Old Trafford’s trinity statue the United fa
  
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