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• Cadbury dropped from royal warrant list for first time in 170 years

  22-12-2024 23:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Chocolate maker one of 100 previous suppliers to royal household to be stripped of accolade under King CharlesIt famously once had a glass and a half of milk in every bar, but one thing that Cadbury no longer has is royal approval, after it has been dropped from King Charles’s list of warrants.The chocolatier was first given royal endorsement in 1854 by Queen Victoria, and was reportedly a favourite of Queen Elizabeth II until her death in 2022. Continue reading...
  
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• UK exporters still struggling with post-Brexit rules, says trade body

  22-12-2024 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  British Chambers of Commerce asks for policy ‘reset’ after poll finds companies want greater flexibilityMany exporters are still struggling with post-Brexit trading rules, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said, as it urges the government to press ahead with an EU “reset” in the new year.In a survey of more than 1,000 of its member companies, the BCC found just 15% said the trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) with the EU, signed by Boris Johnson on Christmas Ev
  
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• The Guardian view on a 'community right to buy': unleashing the power of the local | Editorial

  22-12-2024 18:25 via theguardian.com
  
  After a decade and a half in which social infrastructure has been allowed to crumble, Labour is right to see bottom-up reform as part of the solutionIn his 2018 book The Social Edge, the prominent public health researcher and author Anthony Costello writes that social trust and the conditions that allow it to flourish are a neglected feature in studies of human progress. Small-scale “sympathy groups”, he suggests, through cooperating and organising together over shared concerns, can
  
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• Waspi decision will lead to voters deserting Labour | Letters

  22-12-2024 18:03
  Readers respond to the recent announcement that the government won’t pay compensation to women affected by the rising pension ageI’m furious at the government’s decision to ignore the advice of the ombudsman and refusal to compensate Waspi women (Anger greets UK government decision not to compensate ‘Waspi women’, 17 December). What’s the point in having a lengthy and expensive review if you don’t pay it any heed? I along with many others have been waiti
  
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• UK banks’ trust account exodus cuts lifeline for disabled people, says charity

  22-12-2024 14:00
  Customers face ‘severe consequences’ as banks and building societies close accounts typically set up to help vulnerable peoplePeople with disabilities are facing potential hardship because banks are scrapping trust accounts that allow money to be managed safely on their behalf.Victims awarded personal injury settlements and those with learning difficulties are among those facing “severe consequences” as accounts are closed or frozen by high street banks and building socie
  
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• I had 25 addresses in 20 years – but now I’ve created the beginnings of a new life | Jay Bernard

  22-12-2024 14:00
  
  Gentrification and the cruelties of the rental market kept forcing me to move. This Christmas, I know I’ll find happiness wherever I amIn our end of year series, writers and public figures remember the place or time when they felt most at homeAfter a while, you want to live alone. And then it happens and you discover everything that’s difficult about it. You realise that you didn’t really want to live alone, you were just sad and alienated in your old life.The pandemic reshuffl
  
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• Rachel Reeves’ push to improve EU ties remains boxed in by red lines | Heather Stewart

  22-12-2024 12:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor’s visit to EU meeting looks for smoother trade to improve growth but youth mobility scheme remains sticking pointRachel Reeves is seeking a “deeper, more mature relationship” between Britain and the EU: this was her central message to the bloc’s finance ministers in Brussels a fortnight ago.In her brief speech to the meeting of her European counterparts – the first a UK chancellor had attended since Brexit – Reeves mentioned the UK’s relations
  
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• Reeves condemns 700,000 pensioners to freeze as Winter Fuel Payment deadline hits

  22-12-2024 11:54 via express.co.uk
  
  When chancellor Rachel Reeves cruelly axed the Winter Fuel Payment she tried to soften the blow for the very poorest pensioners by pledging to boost uptake of state benefit Pension Credit.
  
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• 'I'm a WASPI woman - I'm heartbroken and lose out on £35k after Labour's repulsive snub'

  22-12-2024 10:00 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Jenny Cox has said that she feels like female claimants are subordinate to men after the decision
  
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• The six huge life choices that could hit your pension pot by hundreds of thousands

  22-12-2024 09:33 via express.co.uk
  
  Many people are unaware of the consequences of choices that could reduce their savings by as much as £1m over a lifetime.
  
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• ‘Heartless’ multinationals exploiting pensions loophole for UK workers

  22-12-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hewlett Packard, American Express and Pfizer among firms to have frozen increases in payouts despite inflationSome of the world’s richest companies are accused of exploiting a loophole in pension law to freeze increases in payouts for many former UK employees, despite the cost of living crisis.The companies, which include Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), American Express and Pfizer, are being urged to “do the right thing” and increase these frozen pension payouts in line with
  
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• Cladding, mould, £75,000 charges – welcome to life in a British leasehold flat

  22-12-2024 09:00
  
  Residents of a blighted London block have been trapped in their homes by a swirl of events, as government attempts to reform the law drag onFor many of the residents of Mar House, the past year has been spent in perpetual twilight.The seven-­storey block in Colindale, north London, is cloaked in blue netting and scaffolding that shroud its rooms in shadow in the middle of the day. The netting is for work to replace the building’s flammable Grenfell-style cladding and wooden balconies.
  
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• Rudolph’s never going to get a very shiny new role in Santa’s family firm | Torsten Bell

  22-12-2024 08:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Workers in family-run businesses earn less on average and have fewer opportunities to progress into senior jobsSanta has a great reputation. Generous, jolly, snazzily dressed. But he’s obviously a terrible employer. The elves are entirely unpaid for their gruelling manual labour. Their fixed smiles and constant singing are evidence of a culture of fear. Does anyone believe he’s keeping the Lapland workplace temperature above the Health and Safety Executive’s 16C minimum? And th
  
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• I got £3,860 in five minutes after getting six-digit code from government

  22-12-2024 07:00 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Express.co.uk's Alex Evans reveals how he instantly boosted his earnings with this handy hack.
  
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• DWP to pay out up to £434 per month to those with back pain

  22-12-2024 07:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Millions of people suffer from debilitating back pain which can leave them struggling to perform daily tasks
  
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• 10 ways you can save money this winter as UK inflation hits 2.6%

  22-12-2024 01:01 via express.co.uk
  
  The latest official figures showed that Consumer Prices Index inflation climbed to 2.6 per cent in November, up from 2.3 per cent in October
  
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