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• DWP says many pensioners could be missing out on £700 a year

  17-05-2025 15:20 via express.co.uk
  The Department for Work and Pensions has published figures showing that one in 10 Pension Credit claimants are missing out on their share of around £100 million
  
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• Savers have just two days to open savings account paying 5.37% – but there's a catch

  17-05-2025 14:39 via express.co.uk
  An account paying over 5% a year for 30 years with tax-free benefits is on offer but savers are warned they have just days to act.
  
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• State pensioners urged to fill in this DWP form to claim £7,800

  17-05-2025 14:00 via express.co.uk
  Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by the issue
  
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• The Guardian’s happiest places to live in Britain revealed

  17-05-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  What makes for a great place to live? Access to nature, a sense of community and culture on your doorstep can all help. So which towns make the cut?
  • Homes in happy places to buy or rent in England and Scotland – in picturesWhat makes a place somewhere good to live? Where might we be happiest if we had the choice of going anywhere? It’s an almost impossible question, as we do not all thrive on the same things, but there are some that are universally agreed to be conducive to ch
  
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• Homes to buy or rent in the Guardian’s happiest places to live in England – in pictures

  17-05-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  From Georgian grandeur in York to a detached home with slope-defying garden in Lewes, properties to make you smile
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• 'I'm a personal finance expert and here's my 4-point plan to save cash ISAs'

  17-05-2025 12:35 via express.co.uk
  A financial expert has urged the government to do 'four things' that would keep the benefits of cash ISAs for savers and get many Brits saving even more.
  
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• Split payments and second jobs: how music festival fans afford soaring costs

  17-05-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  As festivalgoers do whatever it takes to pay for the summer season, struggling organisers innovate to sell ticketsFrom Monday to Friday, Jessica Heath works as a civil servant in central London – but when the weekend comes, it’s not time to relax. For the past two years, the 28-year-old has also worked evening shifts most Saturdays and Sundays at a nearby wine bar, with one clear aim – to save up for her summers.Heath has been a huge music festival fan since she first went to L
  
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• Virgin Money mortgage holders cry foul over owner Nationwide’s better deals

  17-05-2025 08:01 via theguardian.com
  Building society offer means Virgin customers pay nearly £1,000 more in fees despite lender owning both brandsSome Virgin Money customers are crying foul over the fact that Nationwide borrowers are being offered better-value mortgage deals, even though they are now part of the same group.Nationwide bought Virgin Money last autumn, but the brands remain separate and some Virgin mortgage-holders claim that when it comes to moving on to a new deal, they are being treated as second-class citiz
  
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• Controversial ‘dynamic pricing’ model revealed in FA Cup final seat sales

  17-05-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Seat Unique, a firm backed by stars including England captain Harry Kane, charged more than £3,000 for two seatsControversial “dynamic pricing” has arrived in English football, the Guardian can reveal, after a company backed by sports stars including the England men’s football captain, Harry Kane, charged more than £3,000 for two seats at the FA Cup final.Seat Unique, which sells VIP hospitality packages for events, has won endorsements and even financial
  
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