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• Cash ISA update as expert reveals true cost of £4,000 cap

  24-02-2025 20:04 via express.co.uk
  
  Experts have raised concerns about the potential consequences if Rachel Reeves follows through on rumours of cutting the Cash ISA limit to £4,000.
  
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• Certain drivers can 'get free road tax until 2026' says budgeting expert – act now

  24-02-2025 18:18 via express.co.uk
  
  A motorist has shared how you can 'lock yourself' in for another year free of road tax if you drive a certain type of car, but you need to act fast.
  
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• Mind the gap for wheelchair users on the Elizabeth line | Letter

  24-02-2025 18:08 via theguardian.com
  
  The tube line has many stations that cannot be independently accessed by wheelchair users, says Dr Anna WallYour article quoting Howard Smith, the Elizabeth line’s director, includes the assertion that the line has level boarding and lifts throughout (A prize worth pursuing: has Elizabeth line shown what rail investment can achieve?, 21 February). I am a full-time wheelchair user, and a glance at a Transport for London map shows that level boarding is not available at stations east of Whit
  
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• Micro-retirement: has gen Z found a brilliant fix for burnout?

  24-02-2025 15:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Why wait until you’re in your 60s or 70s to enjoy yourself? Some young people are opting for short periods off throughout their working livesName: Micro-retirement.Age: Coined in 2007, but surging in popularity. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I feel trapped’: how home ownership has become a nightmare for many Americans

  24-02-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Scores in the US say they’re grappling with raised mortgage and loan interest rates and exploding insurance premiums“I bought my home in a hurry in 2020,” said Meg, 60, an office manager from Maryland. “It was less expensive to take on a mortgage than to keep paying ever-increasing rents for my college-student daughter and me.”Now housing costs consume 50% of her income. Continue reading...
  
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• Mind the gap: why filling the holes in your NI record could pay dividends

  24-02-2025 11:30 via theguardian.com
  Voluntary contributions of about £800 to £900 for each missing year could boost your state pension by thousandsThere has been a surge in the number of people who have boosted their state pension pots, potentially netting them thousands of pounds more for their retirement.Figures from HM Revenue and Customs showed about 23,000 ­people handed over a total of £27m in the space of about 10 days earlier this month. They were paying to fill gaps in their national insurance (NI) r
  
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• The one change that worked: I found an escape from online life by swapping my home office for the library

  24-02-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  I can find essential and unusual facts for my arts journalism in the dusty old tomes – information not readily available on Google. And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books ...Last September, I started walking to the library every day. As a University College London alumnus, I get free membership of both the Senate House library and the university’s main library. It is 90 minutes door to door, at a thinking pace, the perfect stretch of time during which to fuss ove
  
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• Digital Voice switchover cut off my 95-year-old friend’s landline

  24-02-2025 09:30 via theguardian.com
  He risks missing medical-related calls after EE warned he may have accept a new number to get his service backMy 95-year-old friend is in distress. His landline has stopped ­working and he’s been told by his provider EE that he may need to accept a new phone number to get his ­service back.He lives alone and relies on his phone for human contact. It will be a challenge for him to let ­people know his new number and he risks being cut off from medical communications. Contin
  
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• How to choose the best credit card for you

  24-02-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From APR, to zero interest and sign-up offers – we sift through the jargon to help you find a card that works for youBefore applying for a credit card, it is worth checking your credit record. Some providers may charge, but you can check your credit score for no fee using the statutory reports available from Experian or TransUnion. You can check your score with Equifax if you sign up for a free trial, but after 30 days it charges £14.95 a month. NatWest also offers a free credit scor
  
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• British Gas is named worst energy supplier for customer service

  24-02-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Company says energy sector survey findings are at odds with satisfaction data from other bodiesHow to complain effectively about UK energy bill problemsBritish Gas has again emerged as Britain’s worst energy supplier for customer service after a slide in satisfaction over the last six months, figures from a leading consumer group reveal.A Which? report shared with the Guardian found that the service offered by British Gas has worsened across all its satisfaction measures since its last ana
  
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• Waspi campaigners threaten government with legal action over compensation

  24-02-2025 01:01
  
  Government ruled out giving £10bn to women born in 1950s whose pensionable age was raised to be equal with menCampaigners have threatened the government with legal action unless it reconsiders its decision to rule out spending £10bn compensating “Waspi” (Women Against State Pension Inequality) women hit by the change in the state pension age.Last March, the parliamentary and health service ombudsman recommended compensation should be paid to women born in the 1950s whose
  
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