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• Working from home – the politics and the tradition | Letters

  19-01-2025 18:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Responding to an article by Polly Toynbee, Prof Sophie Watson highlights the social benefits of the workplace, while Pete Dorey takes issue with ‘labour market flexibility’. Plus letters from Ian Arnott, Maddy Gray, Dr Kirstine Oswald and David MayleI was surprised to read such a partisan argument on working from home by Polly Toynbee, whose articles I often appreciate (Labour has been sucked into the WFH culture war. It should know better, 14 January). Yes, there are certainly advan
  
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• Vodafone issues message to customers as it hikes prices

  19-01-2025 16:34 via express.co.uk
  
  Vodafone is increasing monthly prices for customers this year.
  
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• Savings expert explains how to slash credit card interest by ‘thousands’ of pounds

  19-01-2025 15:58 via express.co.uk
  
  Nearly half of credit card holders in the UK could benefit from the tactic, research suggests.
  
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• Bull Doza fightwear goes from strength to strength

  19-01-2025 15:48 via express.co.uk
  
  Price and innovation make Bull Doza's fightwear a knockout success with the combat crowd.
  
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• State pensioners over certain age given extra £5,280 from DWP

  19-01-2025 15:14 via express.co.uk
  
  State pensioners of a certain age can get a boost to their pension pot.
  
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• Bank boosts interest rate on savings account to 'excellent' 4.91%

  19-01-2025 15:12 via express.co.uk
  
  The savings account is taking a "prominent" position in its sector.
  
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• Cold Weather Payments triggered in 160 areas - how to check if you’re eligible

  19-01-2025 13:49 via express.co.uk
  
  Around 170,000 households can expect to receive a payment.
  
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• If Rachel Reeves wants growth, improved community cohesion could be essential | Heather Stewart

  19-01-2025 13:16 via theguardian.com
  
  A new paper has found that social capital ‘is the cake, not the icing’ of a strong, well functioning economyWindfarms, train lines, science labs – when policymakers think about the ingredients for kickstarting the UK’s sagging economy, they tend to imagine tangible bits of infrastructure. But two of the UK’s most eminent public economists have banded together to urge Rachel Reeves to reconsider another dimension of the UK’s makeup: social capital.Andy Haldane
  
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• HMRC issues alert to anyone who creates online content

  19-01-2025 12:56 via express.co.uk
  
  People creating content online have been issued an alert by HMRC.
  
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• 'Smart' move to save £5,000 if you're buying a property this year

  19-01-2025 12:34 via express.co.uk
  
  New rules are set to come into effect in April for property buyers.
  
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• EDF Energy giving customers ‘unlimited’ free £50 off bills

  19-01-2025 12:17 via express.co.uk
  
  The supplier is giving customers an ‘unlimited' discount off their energy bills.
  
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• The new gold rush: why the precious metal has lost none of its allure

  19-01-2025 10:00 via theguardian.com
  The price of gold continues to rise, but who buys it, and where do they keep it? We head to Zurich’s secret vault and meet the dealersThere’s a secrecy to the specifics of our planned rendezvous, when I meet a sharp-suited Egon von Greyerz in Zurich airport’s arrivals hall. Hands shaken, he guides us out of a side entrance towards a car park in a quiet corner of the sprawling complex. Roughly 30,000 people work in and around the site; annually, tens of millions of passengers pa
  
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