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• ‘How can I not charge my wheelchair?’ The real effects of benefit cuts for millions of disabled people

  15-03-2025 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  One of those waiting for Labour’s announcement explains why he depends on personal independence paymentsAdam Gabsi is unequivocal on the subject of his personal independence payment: “It really is an essential lifeline. I don’t feel that I would be able to function without it.”Gabsi receives his Pip disability benefit for multiple sclerosis, with which he was diagnosed 18 years ago, when he was 21. Continue reading...
  
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• I tried the viral $20 strawberry. It tasted like the end of the American empire

  15-03-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A single strawberry flown in from Japan is selling for $20 in a hip LA grocery store. Does it symbolize the worst of American excess, or is it simply delicious?In Los Angeles, a strawberry – yes, one individual berry – is selling for $19.99. The berries are flown in from Japan, and Erewhon, a luxury grocery store, claims they’re so popular it’s hard to keep them in stock.The $20 strawberry, which has been labeled “dystopian” and a “social experiment&rdqu
  
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• Trump’s tariffs will be paid by the poor – while his tax cuts help the rich | Robert Reich

  15-03-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  The math doesn’t work in the president’s economic promises, which will create a giant upward transfer of wealthDonald Trump apparently believes his tariffs will bring so much money to the US treasury that the US will be able to afford another giant Trump tax cut.But Trump’s tariffs – and the retaliatory tariffs already being imposed on American exports by the nation’s trading partners – will be paid largely by the American working class and poor.Robert Reich,
  
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• Benefits cuts now? What’s the point of a Labour MP who votes for something so cruel, tin-eared and short-sighted? | John McDonnell

  15-03-2025 10:30 via theguardian.com
  Treating disabled and sick people callously flies in the face of all the party stands for – the government must rethink its plansJohn McDonnell accuses ministers of lacking empathy over benefit cutsEmails are pouring into MPs’ boxes from disabled people and carers, who are truly frightened by the suggestions from government sources and ministers’ speeches that the benefits they rely on are to be cut.The latest comments to a journalist from someone described as a “governme
  
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• Buying a home jointly in England and Wales? Here’s what you need to know

  15-03-2025 10:00 via theguardian.com
  High prices mean teaming up is often necessary – but it needs straight talking (and legal help) to avoid the pitfallsAverage UK house prices are continuing to march upwards – rising more than £80 a day last month, according to Nationwide. With affordability an ever-increasing challenge, it is no wonder growing numbers of individuals are joining forces with someone else to get on to the property ladder.A recent survey of 2,000 adults aged 18 to 45 who did not own a home found 40
  
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• Side hustles: threshold for having to fill in UK tax return to triple to £3,000

  15-03-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Change affecting up to 300,000 people does not mean they will pay less tax and may not happen, in theory, until 2029Up to 300,000 people with side hustles ranging from selling clothes online to dog walking are to be freed from the chore of having to do a self-assessment tax return.The government said this week it wanted “to make it easier for Britons to make the very most of their entrepreneurial spirit”. Continue reading...
  
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• April bill increases could sabotage your credit cards and mortgages - how to stop it

  15-03-2025 03:30 via express.co.uk
  
  Millions are at risk of making a major mistake in the face of rising bills
  
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• HMRC warning as drivers could face 'substantial increase' in tax from April

  15-03-2025 02:34 via express.co.uk
  
  The tax change, announced in the 2024 Autumn Budget, will reclassify a type of vehicle
  
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• Price of instant coffee rises by up to 40% in a year for some brands, Which? finds

  15-03-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Increases of at least 8% also found across 11 out of 12 brands in first two months of 2025, compared with year earlierIt’s a wake-up call for instant coffee drinkers – the price of some of the UK’s best known brands has soared by up to 40% in a year.Analysis by the consumer group Which? found that 11 out of 12 instant coffees at six big grocery retailers had risen by at least 8% in the first two months of this year compared with the same period in 2024 and half were more than 1
  
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• Post Office Money reveals ‘best value for money’ location for UK holidaymakers

  15-03-2025 01:01 via express.co.uk
  
  The sunny hotspot outperformed 46 popular global destinations for UK holidaymakers.
  
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