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• M&S cyber-attack: when will orders be back, and is my data at risk?

  28-04-2025 19:01 via theguardian.com
  Marks & Spencer has halted orders on its website and apps, giving customers a refund for those placed after WednesdayMarks & Spencer pauses delivery of some food items to OcadoWhen will M&S orders be back, and is my data at risk?The cyber-attack at Marks & Spencer is continuing to cause chaos for shoppers, with no clarity yet as to when the retailer’s systems will be fully back up and running.Website orders remain on hold for the fourth day in a row, and those affected also
  
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• Self-service tills: a bleeping pain or brilliant? | Letters

  28-04-2025 17:52 via theguardian.com
  The case against self-checkout is made by Alison Leonard and Anthony Blane, but Clifford Challenger says not all older people are desperate for human contact with supermarket staffThank you, Hilary Freeman, for catching and coining the central movement which is sickening us all: “the slow erosion of human contact that heralds the dehumanisation of yet another society” (Hell is not other people – it’s being stuck in the ninth circle of an automated telephone service, 22 Ap
  
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• Scrapping Britain’s nuclear power plans would lead to lower energy bills | Letters

  28-04-2025 17:52 via theguardian.com
  New nuclear power stations will cost billions to build and run, and cost taxpayers and energy customers dear, says John French. Plus a letter from Dr David LowryYou report that experts have warned that adding levies to electricity bills to support low-carbon projects will make it more difficult for people to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels (Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high – and what can be done about it, 20 April).One way to reduce those levies dramatically would be
  
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• Millions of state pensioners issued HMRC warning

  28-04-2025 13:43 via express.co.uk
  Many more state pensioners could soon be hit with a tax "they won't see coming".
  
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• State pensioners could get extra £1,752 a year thanks to little-known DWP rule

  28-04-2025 13:32 via express.co.uk
  Pensioners on Attendance Allowance may be able to boost their current payments by £146 a month.
  
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• Nigel Farage's Coutts row forces Bank of England to make significant 'change for millions'

  28-04-2025 13:29 via express.co.uk
  Millions of people and small business owners will be better protected against their bank account being closed, the Bank of England has announced.
  
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• People born on these dates won’t get State Pension when they turn 66

  28-04-2025 13:24 via express.co.uk
  The DWP is making a change to the State Pension age for men and women in 2026.
  
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• Halifax explains £250 deposit limit rules for this savings account

  28-04-2025 12:47 via express.co.uk
  A saver got in touch as they had tried to make a deposit but the funds were returned to them
  
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• Become a Cash ISA millionaire from just £184 a month

  28-04-2025 12:36 via express.co.uk
  You could retire a Cash ISA millionaire from just £184 say finance experts Hargreaves Lansdown and Barclays bank.
  
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• Broadband users can save £50 by ditching 'rarely used' feature

  28-04-2025 12:14 via express.co.uk
  Millions of households could make savings by making one switch.
  
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• DWP: Thousands due up to £12k pension back payments - full list of those eligible

  28-04-2025 11:57 via express.co.uk
  Pensioners in the UK have been underpaid to the tune of more than £800 million - with some owed almost £12,000.
  
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• HMRC urges people earning under £80,000 a year to claim cash benefit

  28-04-2025 11:56 via express.co.uk
  Eligible workers can get thousands of pounds per year from HMRC.
  
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• I thought the advert ‘roaming is getting better with EE’ was misleading

  28-04-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Offer announcing charges for use in EU seems incongruous to customer stripped of free calls and text add-onI have received a text message from EE stating that it is “shaking up its roaming products”, with a link to a page announcing that “roaming is getting better with EE”.The “better” offer appears to be a daily £2.59 charge for roaming in European countries – seemingly replacing the free calls and texts previously included in my plan. Continue re
  
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• Do I (in the UK) need to worry about the US stock market?

  28-04-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From the value of your pension to your holidays, the turmoil from Trump’s yo-yoing trade policies will have an impactA trade war with China and suggestions Donald Trump will sack the head of the Federal Reserve have weighed heavily on the US stock market. It was already reeling after the president’s announcement of universal tariffs on the whole world, and, despite recovering some of its losses, remains down on the start of the year.In the UK, you may be wondering whether any of it m
  
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