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• Rebecca Hendin on Keir Starmer’s economic dilemma – cartoon

  03-02-2025 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
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• Seven money changes in February from savings accounts to state pension benefit

  03-02-2025 17:46 via express.co.uk
  
  Money changes affecting households across the UK will come into force at various points through February.
  
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• Your legal rights to compensation if you are a customer of Barclays, Lloyds or Halifax

  03-02-2025 17:36 via express.co.uk
  
  What rights do you have if your banking app goes down and you cannot make or receive payments?
  
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• Every household in England gets council tax bill reduced to £0 in February

  03-02-2025 17:32 via express.co.uk
  
  For households across England, there won't be any council tax payments in February and March unless you opt-in to pay this month.
  
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• Best savings accounts in February offering up to bumper 8% interest

  03-02-2025 17:24 via express.co.uk
  
  Here are the top easy access and fixed rate savings accounts and Cash ISAs this week.
  
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• Over 1m people face fines after missing HMRC self-assessment tax deadline

  03-02-2025 15:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Penalty of £100 kicks in on 1 March for those who failed to pay by 31 January, and rises after three, six and 12 monthsUK politics live – latest updatesMore than 1 million people have missed the deadline to file self-assessment tax returns and face a penalty starting at £100, HM Revenue & Customs has said.Taxpayers had until midnight on Friday to submit returns online. HMRC said 11.5 million people had done so in time, but that 1.1m returns were outstanding. Continue readin
  
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• Expert's warning over UK pensions after Bank of England issues notice

  03-02-2025 14:54 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A leading pensions expert has written to insurance companies clients reminding them of the need to be transparent over their use of foreign cash.
  
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• If Rachel Reeves doesn’t shoot down Ed Miliband it’s game over for her – and us!

  03-02-2025 14:31 via express.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband are good friends. She should have chosen more wisely.
  
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• Two-day warning issued as Santander ends £150 handout

  03-02-2025 14:11 via express.co.uk
  
  Savers have less than two days to snap up free cash by switching their current account to Santander, warned an expert.
  
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• Santander giving £625 to customers who switch before Thursday

  03-02-2025 13:08 via express.co.uk
  
  High street bank Santander is handing £625 to customers who switch their accounts by Wednesday at midnight.
  
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• DWP update on call for winter fuel payment reinstatement and state pension rise

  03-02-2025 13:07 via express.co.uk
  
  A parliamentary petition calling for the government to stop means testing for pensioners has amassed more than 13,000 signatures, prompting the DWP to issue a response
  
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• People in the UK: share your experiences of dealing with high rents

  03-02-2025 13:06 via theguardian.com
  
  We want to hear how you are coping with the cost of rent for residential properties and how you are trying to manage itWith typical advertised rents outside London being £1,341 a month, and average rents within the capital reaching a record £2,695 a month, we’re interested in finding out more about how you are trying to deal with high rents for residential properties.Have you decided to rent a room as a couple to save money? Perhaps you have downsized your home to cut costs? We
  
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• They’ve closed my local Sainsbury’s. Other supermarkets are available – but I am not OK | Emma Beddington

  03-02-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Like my husband, sister and stepfather, I am still reeling from the loss. We’ve tried Morrisons and Waitrose and found them wanting. Can anything fill the void?I complained last year that our local Sainsbury’s was doomed – the lease was expiring; the landlord wanted to redevelop – and so it came to pass. It closed on my sister’s 40th birthday, which felt like adding insult to injury. We were tempted to go from celebration breakfast to all-day wake/vigil/protest outs
  
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• Mate crime: how friendship is being used as a weapon to steal and control

  03-02-2025 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  A little-recognised form of abuse, it can lead to years of miseryIn the beginning, Mandy Davis* thought she was helping out a friend. Paying his rent in their flatshare was an obvious move after he told her he was about to lose his job.But what started as a helping hand was quickly met with controlling behaviour when he started to criticise what she ate and her hygiene. Soon she felt confined to her room due to his belittling jibes, and was left on the brink of suicide. Continue reading...
  
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• Airbnb’s sinister ban implied that I was a criminal

  03-02-2025 09:30 via theguardian.com
  My account was suddenly terminated because of someone I’m ‘closely associated with’. But who?I am a widow who booked an Airbnb for a family holiday. Months before the trip, I received an email from Airbnb informing me that my account will be terminated because I’m “closely associated” with someone who has been banned from the platform.I assumed it was a scam, but when I phoned Airbnb it confirmed that it was genuine and that I had seven days to appeal. I can&r
  
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