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• Brits warned how 'small £2k pay rise' can leave you £12k worse off

  21-12-2024 23:48 via express.co.uk
  
  Brits have been warned that a pay rise of just £2,000 could actually result in being £12,570 worse off - something that mainly affects people with children.
  
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• I’m one of millions working in retail. This Christmas, don’t ask how we are – or we may tell you | Andrew Herrick

  21-12-2024 20:00
  
  So far today I have dealt with 200 customers. I have smiled 200 times, but that’s getting harder. Consider me a checkout robotGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYou decided to do it differently this year. You usually buy online, with high-minded principle, from a company owned by the least-loathsome billionaire you can find. Instead, this Christmas you gritted your teeth and drove in a hot car to a local business where you (finally) found a park. Then you steadfastl
  
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• Belief in a lottery curse is comforting, but winning lots of money does make you happy | Martha Gill

  21-12-2024 18:30
  
  The notion that vast windfalls inevitably bring misery is based on a handful of sad casesDoes winning the lottery wreck your life? When it was revealed earlier this week that an anonymous Briton had won £177m in the November EuroMillions draw – making them the third biggest national lottery winner ever – the Mail Online announced it with all the impartiality of a bad fairy at a christening: “Other big winners”, the second half of the headline ran, “have faced
  
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• Spread joy and empower vendors – how buying a Big Issue helps change lives

  21-12-2024 15:47 via express.co.uk
  
  Buying a Big Issue magazine spreads joy and empowers vendors so they can earn an income with purpose
  
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• Prince William to end feudal restrictions on his Duchy of Cornwall estate

  21-12-2024 14:00
  
  The royal has bowed to pressure over residents’ right to buy freeholds on parts of his hereditary landPrince William has agreed to end the last feudal restrictions on land ownership in parts of his hereditary Duchy of Cornwall estate after decades of complaints from residents.The Prince of Wales will allow tenants in two of the most environmentally sensitive areas of his 55,000-hectare (135,000 acres) estate the right to buy the freehold to their homes for the first time. Continue reading.
  
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• UK house price predictions for 2025: with pay rising and rates falling, they’ll just keep going up

  21-12-2024 13:00
  
  Nothing seems to stop the relentless march of property values, even with a stamp duty increase loomingIt’s been a bumpy ride for the housing market in recent years, after Liz Truss’s disastrous mini budget of September 2022 created a surge in borrowing costs that have cost many households dearly.But despite elevated mortgage and rent costs, the market this year has turned out to be “surprisingly resilient”, according to Nationwide building society. Experts had expected ho
  
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• I've been counting Starmer's lies and it's worse than I thought – he simply won't stop

  21-12-2024 11:48 via express.co.uk
  
  All politicians are economical with the truth but Sir Keir Starmer has lifted lying to a new level. And he doesn't even hide it.
  
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• How to support a charity at Christmas … it’s a gift that just keeps on giving

  21-12-2024 11:00
  
  With more people in need this festive season, charities, too, are appealing for extra helpDonate to our charity appeal hereThe British public is expected to give more than £1bn to charities this month as the festive season acts as a reminder of the increasing number of people who are in need of help. But charities say that the number of people who regularly give has declined, and some have appealed for extra help.The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) says that although the public is more moti
  
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• From cat litter to incontinence pads: UK shoppers on how ‘porch pirates’ got caught out

  21-12-2024 08:00
  
  Readers say doorstep theft is a ‘nightmare’, but some thieves have not got what they expected in parcelsPolice warn UK shoppers over ‘porch pirates’Doorstep parcel thieves are making off with a variety of gadgets and pricey fashion items ranging from computer monitors to Ugg footwear. However, the “lucky dip” nature of the crime means some crooks are opening their pilfered packages to discover they contain biodegradable cat litter or incontinence pads.An
  
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