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• State pensioners stripped of Winter Fuel Payments could get them back - list of criteria

  14-12-2024 22:34 via express.co.uk
  
  A total of 120,000 pensioners who receive Housing Benefit may also be entitled to Pension Credit and so qualify for Winter Fuel Payment.
  
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• Hundreds gather in London to protest against capital’s ‘soaring’ rents

  14-12-2024 19:36
  
  Demonstration organiser the London Renters Union says that rising rents are destroying communitiesDemonstrators gathered in London on Saturday to protest against the capital’s “soaring” rents.Rising rents are destroying communities, said organisers the London Renters Union (LRU). Continue reading...
  
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• Isak Andic, founder of fashion chain Mango, dies in accident, aged 71

  14-12-2024 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Billionaire slipped and fell from a 150-metre cliff while hiking with relatives near Barcelona, according to reportsIsak Andic, the founder of high street fashion chain Mango, has died after a hiking accident in Spain on Saturday, the company said.The 71-year-old billionaire slipped and fell from a 150-metre cliff while hiking with relatives in the Montserrat caves near Barcelona, according to local media reports. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour condemned for allowing ‘new generation of slum homes’ in England

  14-12-2024 19:17
  
  Government accused of permitting a planning ‘free-for-all’ by allowing developers to convert office blocks into flats without the usual controlsLabour has been accused of allowing developers to build a new generation of “slum” homes by converting office blocks into flats without planning permission.The controversial projects will boost Keir Starmer’s drive to build 1.5m new homes in England but have been labelled a “free-for-all” for developers. Many of
  
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• Chris Riddell on austerity lurking beneath the guise of Rachel Reeves’ spending review – cartoon

  14-12-2024 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Britain’s economy is shrinking as the chancellor starts to examine how to cut public services costsYou can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...
  
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• HMRC issues £4,000 tax warning to workers

  14-12-2024 18:11 via express.co.uk
  
  Workers across the UK face paying up to £4,000 extra in tax.
  
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• DWP hands £300 to state pensioners if they call before December deadline

  14-12-2024 17:49 via express.co.uk
  
  State pensioners can get £300 from the DWP if they make a phone call this month.
  
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• Six financial planning tips for 2025: From pensions and tax allowances to savings

  14-12-2024 17:30 via express.co.uk
  
  Some tips are "low-hanging fruit" that can be enacted in an hour, an expert has said.
  
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• Trump eyes privatizing United States Postal Service during second term

  14-12-2024 17:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The USPS was a target during his first administration, and it might now be on the chopping block due to financial lossesDonald Trump in recent weeks has expressed a keen interest in privatizing the US Postal Service (USPS) because of its financial losses, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.Trump, who begins his second US presidency on 20 January, has discussed his desire to privatize the USPS with Howard Lutnick, his pick for commerce secre
  
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• UK households given £196 boost after major DWP change

  14-12-2024 17:03 via express.co.uk
  
  A major DWP change will give UK households a £196 boost.
  
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• Labour plan for 1.5m new homes is not feasible, housebuilding firm says

  14-12-2024 15:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of Barratt Redrow warns sector faces ‘national crisis’ due to skills shortage, ageing workforce and BrexitLabour’s plan to build 1.5m homes during this parliament is not achievable because of a severe skills shortage, an ageing workforce and Brexit, the head of Britain’s largest housebuilding company has said.The government outlined on Thursday how it would achieve this goal. The proposals within the revised national planning policy framework (NPPF) include individua
  
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• US to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade deal

  14-12-2024 14:43 via theguardian.com
  
  US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmersThe United States is expected to push Britain to allow tariff-free access to high-quality American meat as part of any trade deal signed under the incoming Trump administration, amid interest from the president-elect’s trade chief.Previous attempts to forge an agreement with the US have failed. Demands to allow the import of chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef &ndash
  
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• Gotta lotta bottle: doing the rounds with Britain’s last milkmen – photo essay

  14-12-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Their floats were once a regular sight, quietly whirring down the country’s streets, delivering daily pints. Photographer Maxine Beuret captures the vanishing world of electric milk floats (and their drivers)You often hear them before you see them: the unmistakable clink and tinkle of glass bottles in crates, and the low whine of the electric motor. Milk floats are a uniquely British sight, and an increasingly rare one, which is why the British photographer and cultural historian Maxine Be
  
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• Homes for sale with an air source heat pump – in pictures

  14-12-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From a futuristic home in London to a barn conversion in the heart of the country Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit reset: five business leaders on how they’d like relations with the EU to change

  14-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Rachel Reeves has spoken of a reset in EU relations. Here, experts in everything from music to farming explain what they hope it will meanEarlier this week, the UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said she was hoping talks in the new year could lead to an extensive “reset” of post-Brexit relations.The remarks were seized on by leave supporters who fear a betrayal of the referendum vote, while others argue Reeves won’t go nearly far enough. Continue reading...
  
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• Pause the gym, cut down on booze and make your bosses pay: surviving silly season on a shoestring

  14-12-2024 00:00
  It’s not worth starting 2025 with a financial hangover. Here’s how to save cash without missing out on the funGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email’Tis the season to drain your bank account. The back end of December is an expensive time – and not just because of Christmas Day.“A lot of people think, ‘Oh, it’s just food and gifts [you have to budget for]’. It’s not,” says Canna Campbell, a financial planner and author. “It&rs
  
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