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• Regulators must get a grip to stop the online scammers | Letters

  09-03-2025 19:11 via theguardian.com
  Rocio Concha says fraudsters find it far too easy to exploit weaknesses in consumer protections, and a reader who lost their home because of a scam blames government inactionYour investigation (‘Deepfakes, cash and crypto: how call centre scammers duped 6,000 people’, 5 March) is an all too depressing reminder that the UK remains in the grip of a fraud epidemic. It is also an important warning: people don’t fall for scams because they’re careless, but because they’r
  
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• Postcode electricity pricing is a minefield for Ed Miliband

  09-03-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  There is little middle ground in the battle over zonal pricing – and the energy secretary has only months to settle disputePeople living near new pylons could get £250 a year off energy billsHow would you prefer your electricity prices to be set – nationally or locally? There is little middle ground in the bitter lobbying battle over zonal pricing, the proposal that Great Britain’s electricity market should be split into regions with prices set by local supply and demand.
  
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• Savings app offers market-leading ISA with 'excellent' 5% interest

  09-03-2025 15:39 via express.co.uk
  
  Savers can opt for interest to be paid monthly, which may benefit those "looking for an income boost", an expert said.
  
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• Quarter of England’s strategic A-roads have electric car charging ‘cold spots’

  09-03-2025 14:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Affected roads include vital routes for holidaymakers, including A2 to Dover and parts of A303 and A30A quarter of England’s most important A-roads have electric car charging “cold spots”, according to government figures that suggest significant gaps remain in the infrastructure needed to switch away from fossil fuels.Twenty-nine out of 107 A-roads that are part of the strategic road network have at least one cold spot, according to data obtained by charging company Zest from t
  
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• ‘I’m an expert - this 15-minute check could boost your state pension by £41,000’

  09-03-2025 14:39 via express.co.uk
  
  If they fail to make this check before next month's deadline, they could miss out on thousands of pounds worth of state pension payments.
  
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• Savers' common misconception could be costing them £255 a year

  09-03-2025 12:51 via express.co.uk
  
  Inflation is increasing, meaning "every pound of interest matters".
  
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• Mortgage brokers predict interest rate hikes

  09-03-2025 12:37 via express.co.uk
  
  This comes despite the Bank of England reducing interest rates three times in recent months.
  
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• Who bought this smoked salmon? How ‘AI agents’ will change the internet (and shopping lists)

  09-03-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Autonomous digital assistants are being developed that can carry out tasks on behalf of the user – including ordering the groceries. But if you don’t keep an eye on them, dinner might not be quite what you expect …I’m watching artificial intelligence order my groceries. Armed with my shopping list, it types each item into the search bar of a supermarket website, then uses its cursor to click. Watching what appears to be a digital ghost do this usually mundane task is str
  
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• Rachel Reeves’s Cash ISA raid is looming fast – ‘one last chance for tax-free benefit’

  09-03-2025 11:27 via express.co.uk
  
  There's always a rush for tax-free ISAs at the end of the tax year. But now more than ever.
  
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• DWP PIP - the 5 health conditions most likely to get you extended £737 five-year payment

  09-03-2025 11:07 via express.co.uk
  
  Department for Work and Pensions figures show over 1.5 million Personal Independence Payment claimants have been granted an award for five years or more
  
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• Millions set for £1,400 pay rise from next month

  09-03-2025 10:51 via express.co.uk
  
  The pay boost will be implemented from April 1.
  
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• DWP reveals how it will take cash from bank accounts with new powers

  09-03-2025 09:46 via express.co.uk
  
  The new powers aim to tackle benefit fraud and recover public funds more easily.
  
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• UK housing associations accused of mis-selling ‘affordable’ homes as service charges soar by up to 400%

  09-03-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Buyers say they were misled over likely rise in costs after they moved in, which are now ‘ruining people’s lives’Housing associations are facing allegations of mis-selling so-called “affordable” homes, with service charges that have soared, in some cases by more than 400%, after residents moved in.Marketing and property documents examined by the Observer reveal how buyers who may be struggling financially are enticed to buy shared ownership homes with estimated mont
  
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• More benefit cuts would risk turning drops of dissent in Labour’s ranks into a flood | Isabel Hardman

  09-03-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The government’s forthcoming green paper on welfare reform is likely to upset even the most loyal backbenchersThere was a telling moment at prime minister’s questions last week when a super-keen Labour backbencher used his moment in the spotlight to praise Keir Starmer as a “true statesman”. Mike Tapp was dripping with compliments for his boss as he argued that the Commons should be “united” in order to “achieve a lasting peace” in Ukraine. It&rsqu
  
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• Mastercard and Visa linked to illegal gambling sites accused of scamming UK customers

  09-03-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Card giants processing payments for unlicensed operators as customers report losing thousandsMastercard and Visa are processing payments for illegal gambling websites accused of scamming UK customers out of thousands of pounds.An investigation has found that the payment giants are failing to stop their networks being used to make transactions on unlicensed sites despite a previous pledge to do so. Continue reading...
  
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• Top 5 investment tips for 2025 as number of Gen Z and Millennials investors double

  09-03-2025 07:00 via express.co.uk
  
  A study of 2,000 adults found there has been a 23% rise in the number of 18-24 year olds investing in 2024 compared to the previous year.
  
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