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• New tax affecting 5.5m Brits starts October 1

  01-10-2026 11:11 via express.co.uk
  Arrivals into the UK will only be able to bring a small supply for personal use without paying tax.
  
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• Brits with 24 respiratory conditions could claim £778 per month from DWP

  03-10-2026 12:15 via express.co.uk
  The benefit is available to people 16 and over and under State Pension age, though you'll continue getting it beyond that point if you have an approved claim.
  
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• State pensioners handed £2,000 extra triple lock boost under Andy Burnham

  03-10-2026 10:04 via express.co.uk
  State pensioners will get a handy £2,000 extra.
  
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• Andy Burnham’s Labour just declared war on Britain - by targeting the thing we love most

  03-10-2026 10:01 via express.co.uk
  If you've just come back from a bracing walk with the dog and a pint of frothy ale in a pub, I've got bad news. Basically, you're Adolf Hitler.
  
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• Barclays offers up to £600 in free cash with new deal

  03-10-2026 09:48 via express.co.uk
  The major high street bank is offering a reward to customers who make a basic change.
  
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• Hargreaves Lansdown tax alert as Andy Burnham makes triple lock changes

  03-10-2026 09:09 via express.co.uk
  The group urged people to be paying into their private pensions
  
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• 24 new UK Aldi stores opening before Christmas - full list of locations

  03-10-2026 09:09 via express.co.uk
  The UK is set to welcome a bumper 24 new stores this in 2026.
  
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• Seven energy firms offering help to write off bills this winter - full list

  03-10-2026 08:10 via express.co.uk
  Higher energy prices kicked in for millions of homes from October.
  
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• Martin Lewis 'legally' warning to couples with joint bank account

  03-10-2026 07:03 via express.co.uk
  MSE founder Martin Lewis has issued a stark warning to anyone who holds - or is considering opening - a joint bank account,
  
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• Warning issued as households could be fined up to £5,000 if they make 1 mistake

  03-10-2026 06:01 via express.co.uk
  The Government has increased the maximum fine.
  
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• Fake job adverts posing as Disney and Coca-Cola 'steal your digital life'

  03-10-2026 01:35 via express.co.uk
  A phishing campaign using fake job adverts to impersonate recruiters from more than 75 major companies has been linked to more than 800 scam domains
  
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• UK skin care company plunges into administration - in business since 1997

  01-10-2026 12:35 via express.co.uk
  The company's collapse comes at a time of broader financial challenges across the retail sector, with many businesses facing mounting pressure from rising costs.
  
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• Premium Bonds players urged to check prizes as £97m goes unclaimed

  01-10-2026 12:19 via express.co.uk
  In London alone, roughly £14.5million in prize money is unclaimed.
  
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• Push for state pension age to be lowered to 65 at key threshold to spark DWP response

  01-10-2026 11:48 via express.co.uk
  Serious concerns have been raised at move to increase pension age currently taking place
  
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• DWP hands £965 payments to state pensioners under 77 in October

  01-10-2026 11:10 via express.co.uk
  New state pensioners have been getting more cash each month since April.
  
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• Major energy firm to take over OVO to create 'UK's largest electricity provider'

  01-10-2026 11:06 via express.co.uk
  In May, a sale was agreed for an undisclosed sum, though reports indicated that it could be as much as £600million.
  
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• Urgent warning as Amazon, TikTok and AliExpress energy plugs explode in tests

  01-10-2026 10:46 via express.co.uk
  Safety campaigners have issued the warning as tens of thousands of the devices are believed to have already been bought by UK shoppers.
  
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• Bombshell scheme that can slash energy bills by 25% starts October 1

  01-10-2026 10:40 via express.co.uk
  Some have been invited to apply for a scheme to cut their electricity bills by up to 25% from April 2027.
  
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• £1million pension pot 'no longer enough for comfortable retirement'

  01-10-2026 09:47 via express.co.uk
  New data has been published and experts have given their takes
  
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• Premium Bonds prize winners announced for October - check if you've won £1million

  01-10-2026 09:46 via express.co.uk
  Two lucky Premium Bonds savers in England will receive the £1million jackpot.
  
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• Brits with 14 hearing issues could claim £194.60 per week from DWP

  01-10-2026 09:06 via express.co.uk
  The Personal Independence Payment is available to people 16 and over and under State Pension age, though you'll continue getting it beyond that point if you have an approved claim.
  
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• Over £557 million unclaimed in forgotten bank accounts, as Brits savers urged to check

  01-10-2026 09:04 via express.co.uk
  Brits are leaving serious money behind in silence, but the most unsettling part is how often it happens to people who think they are careful with every penny.
  
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• Check if you're due a cut of £126 million savings pot - simple tip to trace missing cash

  01-10-2026 07:50 via express.co.uk
  ANALYSIS - KATIE ELLIOTT: Millions of Brits are completely unaware they're due a tidy windfall.
  
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• Martin Lewis listener gets car insurance for £637 after £1,226 quote - 'can't be right'

  01-10-2026 06:30 via express.co.uk
  The woman said she could barely believe how much money she saved by following Martin's advice
  
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• All 3 taxes that could rise in John Healey's Budget after Burnham's bombshell

  30-09-2026 19:06 via express.co.uk
  The Budget will take place on October 28.
  
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• State pension 'double lock' plans explained - how it could affect you

  30-09-2026 17:59 via express.co.uk
  An expert explores the effects a double lock could have in practice, characterising the approach as a "trade off".
  
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• Older state pensioners can get extra £739.60 payment before October

  30-09-2026 16:58 via express.co.uk
  EXCLUSIVE: Some older state pensioners will get a second £739.60 paid out to them from the DWP before October.
  
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• State pensioners under 77 can get extra £965.20 payment before October

  30-09-2026 16:54 via express.co.uk
  Some younger state pensioners due payments today will get paid twice before October.
  
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• ‘The emperor is naked’: Uefa president Ceferin takes new swipe at Infantino

  29-09-2026 21:05 via theguardian.com
  Aleksander Ceferin condemns FFE and Balogun affairTells club chiefs it is ‘time to say enough’ to FifaThe Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, has attacked his embattled Fifa counterpart Gianni Infantino in a scathing takedown of the failed Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) project and other recent scandals, saying “the emperor is naked” and declaring “it is time to say ‘enough’”.In a pointed address to the European Football Clubs (EFC) general assembly
  
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• Give BrewDog ‘second chance’ says new owner as it invests £50m

  29-09-2026 20:35 via theguardian.com
  US cannabis and drinks firm Tilray, which took over in March, says it will improve beers, pubs and working conditionsBrewDog’s new owner has urged drinkers to give the ailing brand “a second chance” as it invests more than £50m in improving the company’s beers, pubs and working conditions.The US cannabis and drinks company Tilray bought BrewDog for £33m in March this year, after the company collapsed into administration after five years of losses and a series
  
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