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• Revealed: the new affordable commuter hotspots in Great Britain

  07-03-2026 08:00
  The lowdown on journey times, season ticket costs and average house prices in places you should know aboutIn pictures: homes for sale in new commuter hotspots in EnglandThe commuter belt is being redrawn. During Covid, in the hope that remote working would stick, buyers broke free from conventions and transformed the housing map. A race for space – and to the coast and rural areas – were the stories of the pandemic.As the call back to the office intensified, this trend unwound and ho
  
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• ‘Mainly, you fast fooded’: Monzo under fire over ‘shaming’ year-end reviews

  07-03-2026 08:00
  Bank criticised for tone of spending summaries, with one user complaining to ombudsman over ‘humiliating’ use of dataWhen does lighthearted banter become inappropriate and humiliating?The digital bank Monzo has been accused of overstepping the mark by using the data it holds to tell one customer with a past eating disorder that she eats a lot of fast food, spends “more than most” on Just Eat takeaways, and had banished her life goals thanks to her spending choices. Contin
  
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