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• Starmer to meet Saudi crown prince in push for infrastructure cash

  07-12-2024 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Wooing of Mohammed bin Salman controversial because of human rights concernsKeir Starmer will meet Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as part of a controversial trip to the region this week designed to drum up investment for his pledge to overhaul British infrastructure.In his latest overseas trip, the prime minister will head to the Gulf this weekend. He will first travel to the United Arab Emirates for a meeting with its president, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed
  
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• ‘Don’t dodge your responsibilities,’ Starmer warns English councils that block new homes

  07-12-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  PM vows to overrule local authority heads who resist housing revolution amid concerns from wildlife groups and Labour-run administrations• On wokeness, patriotism and change, Kamala Harris’s defeat has lessons for StarmerKeir Starmer has warned local leaders that he will not hesitate to overrule them if they attempt to “dodge their responsibilities” in approving new homes, amid growing concerns among wildlife groups and councils over his plans for a housing revolution.The
  
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• ‘Don’t bite the hand that feeds’: United fans angry over price rises | Will Unwin

  07-12-2024 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Manchester United fans expressed their fury at Sir Jim Ratcliffe after minority owner upped cost in mid-season“When you first walk into that ground at the age of five or 10, you fall in love with that team running out in that red shirt, in that great stadium,” the Bury-born Gary Neville once said. “And it’s an addiction you have for life.”That sense of allure seems to be failing away outside Old Trafford, where its grandeur and appeal have waned in recent years. Con
  
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• Tributes paid to Elizabeth line worker who died after assault at London station

  07-12-2024 20:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Transport police called to Ilford station on Wednesday and Jorge Ortega, 61, was taken to hospital with head injuriesTributes have been paid to an Elizabeth line worker who died after an attack at a railway station in east London.Jorge Ortega, 61, died in hospital after suffering head injuries following the assault at Ilford station. Continue reading...
  
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• One million elderly people skipping meals amid winter fuel benefit crisis

  07-12-2024 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The row over Labour’s cuts to pensioners’ energy payments is about to flare up again after damning new researchThe row over the government’s decision to slash winter fuel payments is set to be reignited after new evidence revealed that more than 1 million older people are skipping meals because of financial concerns.The fresh study also suggested that millions are already cutting down on their heating, with warnings about the impact on the NHS. A spike in applications for pensi
  
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• Martin Lewis issues 'shocking’ warning to anyone Christmas shopping in store not online

  07-12-2024 18:31 via express.co.uk
  
  Martin Lewis has issued a warning to shoppers buying items in-store this Christmas.
  
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• Lloyds Bank 3-day deadline warning to collect £200 payment

  07-12-2024 17:24 via express.co.uk
  
  You have to carry out several steps to get the £200 in free cash.
  
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• HMRC new savings tax warning for anyone over £10,000 limit

  07-12-2024 16:20 via express.co.uk
  
  A customer got in touch asking if they would need to take action given their situation in terms of earnings
  
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• The most helpful thing Labour can do for small businesses is to get out of their way

  07-12-2024 15:34 via express.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer specifically committed to not increasing the Jobs Tax when he was after your vote.
  
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• Trump’s promise to tax imported goods could spell trouble for US auto industry

  07-12-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Automakers face uncertainty as top-selling vehicles, such as the Ford F-150 truck, are sourced from around the globeFew vehicles are as emblematic of the American auto industry’s might as the Ford F-150 pickup truck, the nation’s best-selling vehicle for over 40 years. But the F-150 is much less American than its image suggests. A fact that could present unique challenges for the company as Donald Trump moves to “make America great again”.Only about 32% of its components
  
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• Ukraine's Bolgrad wines score a big Christmas hit for Lidl GB

  07-12-2024 14:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Lidl GB Christmas shoppers are showing their love for Ukraine's Bolgrad wines that the supermarket chain is stocking for the first time.
  
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• State pensioners born in these years can get up to £550 from DWP in December

  07-12-2024 13:32 via express.co.uk
  
  Pensioners can get up to £550 from the DWP in December.
  
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• DWP state pension update as back payments up to £11,905 due this month

  07-12-2024 13:06 via express.co.uk
  
  More than 100,000 people were affected by the issue, officials have confirmed
  
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• Barclays warning over when funds will be returned to bank accounts

  07-12-2024 11:38 via express.co.uk
  
  A customer was having an issue accessing their funds and the bank took to X to give advice
  
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• Cheery Rachel Reeves thinks she’s weathered the storm – but the worst is still to come

  07-12-2024 11:24 via express.co.uk
  
  Despite hammering the nation with the biggest tax raid in peace time history, chancellor Rachel Reeves is having fun.
  
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• Average UK house price hits record £300,000 as demand remains undented

  07-12-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Cost of housing at all-time high, Halifax reports, as mortgage lengths and borrowing multiples growAnother month, another record for house prices. On Friday, the UK’s largest lender, Halifax, reported that the average cost of a home had risen to just under £300,000 after a 1.3% jump in November.After a pandemic, a cost of living crisis and a mortgage market meltdown two years ago, you might have expected prices to be roughly where they were five years ago – instead, they are up
  
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• Football fans stand up to ‘ridiculous’ ticket-price hikes that border on antipathy

  07-12-2024 09:00
  
  Premier League supporters are fighting to retain concession prices in the face of clubs’ desire to target ‘tourist fans’For West Ham supporters it was a sense of values betrayed. “The club should be ashamed that things have come to this,” said Michael, a supporter for 80 years, as he became the 20,000th signatory on a petition calling for the club to maintain all concessionary ticketing. For Spurs fans, a similar shock boiled down to a crystalised slogan – &ld
  
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• Meet the ‘sickfluencers’ of TikTok – and don’t be fooled by the outrage obscuring the real scandal | Frances Ryan

  07-12-2024 08:00
  
  That desperate people have to look online for help with disability and sickness benefits is what should truly upset usHave you heard of the “sickfluencers”? I admit the phenomenon had passed me by until this week. “Sickfluencer” sounds like a term to describe the world’s least aspirational Instagrammer, where instead of trips to Bali and fine jewellery, brands send codeine and incontinence pads. #gifted #bestlifeIn fact, it’s about the disability benefits syst
  
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• Christmas gift theft: Britons warned to ensure they have the right insurance

  07-12-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Experts urge people not to post images of pricey presents on social media as they may be rich pickings for thieves Burglaries soar during the festive season, with new smartphones, jewellery, bikes and other gifts offering rich pickings for thieves.So it’s vital to know if you will be able to make a claim on your home contents insurance if you do fall victim to theft. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down

  07-12-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroadThe safety of tap water in the UK could be at risk because water companies are unable to use products to clean it, industry insiders have said, as all the laboratories that test and certify the chemicals have shut down.People in the industry have called it a “Brexit problem” because EU countries will share laboratory capacity from 2026, meaning that if the UK was still in the EU,
  
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• Revealed: the business dealings of Royal Mail bidder Daniel Křetínský

  07-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With the Czech billionaire on the verge of a £3.6bn takeover, the Guardian looks at his dealings in Russia and elsewhereOn a cool June day in 2016, as Britain reeled from the outcome of the Brexit vote, a private jet soared into the skies from RAF Northolt, charting a course for Moscow.Onboard the 37-seater Embraer ERJ was the billionaire Daniel Křetínský, nicknamed the “Czech Sphinx” because of his low public-profile and inscrutable approach to commercial ne
  
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• Money, lawyers or boosting Farage on X: how Elon Musk could affect UK politics

  07-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The billionaire, having helped Trump regain the White House, is reportedly turning his interest to BritainElon Musk appears to have many obsessions. The world’s richest man is evangelical about electric vehicles, space travel and Donald Trump. Another of his interests may yet have profound consequences for the UK: British politics.The billionaire is reported to be thinking of becoming the biggest donor in history with a rumoured £80m payment to Nigel’s Farage’s Reform UK
  
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