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• Tesco Clubcard warning as £16.5m worth of vouchers about to expire

  06-11-2025 17:57 via express.co.uk
  You can spend up to triple the value of your Clubcard with Tesco Rewards partners like PizzaExpress.
  
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• Christmas warning as UK motorists face up to £22,500 in fines - not drink driving

  08-12-2025 11:46 via express.co.uk
  Motorists have been warned they could face severe penalties during the festive police crackdown on drink-driving and other related offences
  
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• HSBC manager urges customers to keep money aside for 'emergency fund'

  08-12-2025 11:11 via express.co.uk
  While many people aim to build up an emergency money pot, the total might look different depending on your lifestyle
  
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• Important alert over Christmas surge in 'porch pirates'

  08-12-2025 11:02 via express.co.uk
  December is now the peak month, say experts
  
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• 25 Rachel Reeves deceptions that will make your blood boil – she’s destroying UK

  08-12-2025 11:00 via express.co.uk
  The Chancellor is dishonest and economically illiterate. We will all pay a dreadful price.
  
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• Huge blow to Rachel Reeves as £150 cut to energy bills wiped out

  08-12-2025 10:51 via express.co.uk
  The cost of Sizewell C means households won't see the £150 saving promised by the Chancellor, an entrepreneur says.
  
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• Huge update in free bus passes for over 60s in England as date set for MP showdown

  08-12-2025 08:36 via express.co.uk
  A massive campaign to get the same for over 60s in England as in Scotland, Wales and NI will see a key debate
  
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• Households given £70 vouchers to spend in supermarkets before Friday

  08-12-2025 07:54 via express.co.uk
  Those who are eligible for the vouchers will receive them automatically.
  
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• State pensioners in 1 UK region handed £85 supermarket vouchers from January

  08-12-2025 05:48 via express.co.uk
  Eligible households will be issued the vouchers in January 2026.
  
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• HMRC issues 'wait' update as people may owe tax

  08-12-2025 05:20 via express.co.uk
  It's worth taking a note of your tax-free allowances
  
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• Households told 'how to beat Rachel Reeves' income tax rise

  08-12-2025 04:56 via express.co.uk
  Rachel Reeves' unpopular Income Tax rise could cause more households to pay more tax - but there is a way to sidestep it.
  
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• Senior DWP civil servant blames victims for carer’s allowance scandal

  07-12-2025 15:50 via theguardian.com
  Neil Couling said failings by individual claimants ‘at the heart’ of crisis, despite a report finding DWP shortcomings ‘unacceptable’ One of the most senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has placed the blame for the carer’s allowance benefits crisis on victims, many of whom have been left with life-changing debts.In an internal blogpost written for Whitehall colleagues, Neil Couling, the director general of DWP services, said individua
  
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• Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car | Phineas Finn

  07-12-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The impending collapse of UK carsharing is an embarrassment for a government attempting to curb the dominance of carsZipcar, the world’s largest carsharing club, is leaving the UK. The company, which operates about 3,000 shared vehicles in Britain, has announced plans to shutter its UK operations at the end of the month. The news comes as a bitter blow to the hundreds of thousands of Britons who regularly rely on carsharing, and is a major setback in efforts to reduce emissions and traffic
  
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• Roll with it: the 30 best board games for Christmas 2025

  07-12-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  If Monopoly is your festive fallback for family fun then go directly to Jail and do not pass Go. A new wave of party pleasers, trick takers and strategy games can transport you to Stalingrad, the spirit realm, or even Georgian sex venues There was a time when playing a Christmas board game meant dusting off an old favourite selected from a narrow range of options. Maybe Trivial Pursuit, if you wanted to show off your pub quiz chops. Or Scrabble, if you felt like flexing your wordsmith muscles. O
  
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• Don’t use ‘admin’: UK’s top 20 most-used passwords revealed as scams soar

  07-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Easy-to-guess words and figures still dominate, alarming cysbersecurity experts and delighting hackersIt is a hacker’s dream. Even in the face of repeated warnings to protect online accounts, a new study reveals that “admin” is the most commonly used password in the UK.The second most popular, “123456”, is also unlikely to keep hackers at bay. Continue reading...
  
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• Lloyds Bank shares deadline as some can get free £200

  06-12-2025 15:05 via express.co.uk
  You need to complete several steps to get the cash from Lloyds
  
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• State pension warning as 450k Brits won’t qualify for £575 rise - check if you’re impacted

  06-12-2025 14:16 via express.co.uk
  The state pension will increase next year but many will not be entitled to the uprating.
  
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• Retired UK civil servant ordered to pay back £25,000 after pension scheme error

  06-12-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Eleven years of overpayments leave 63-year-old facing hardship and return to full-time workA retired civil servant faces being forced back into full-time work after being ordered to return £25,000 in overpaid pension benefits.Derek Ritchie, 63, was informed in March by scheme administrators that his payments had been miscalculated since 2014. Continue reading...
  
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• Nationwide wants to give customers up to £1000 cashback

  06-12-2025 13:52 via express.co.uk
  Nationwide has sent alerts out to members
  
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• Nationwide says 'we are monitoring' as letters go out to members

  06-12-2025 12:58 via express.co.uk
  Customers may want to report something to Nationwide or give them a call
  
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• State pensioners sent letters for £110 payments in December

  06-12-2025 12:27 via express.co.uk
  Eligible households will receive letters for a one-off payment from this month.
  
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• Households handed £100 cost of living payments in December

  06-12-2025 12:14 via express.co.uk
  Eligible households will receive the payment automatically this month.
  
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• Older state pensioners given extra £422 per month from DWP

  06-12-2025 11:41 via express.co.uk
  Eligible pensioners can get an extra dose of cash each month to boost their State Pension.
  
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• Thought life under Labour couldn’t get worse? See who’s top choice to replace Keir Starmer

  06-12-2025 10:21 via express.co.uk
  Could you imagine a worse PM than Keir Starmer? Labour Party members can.
  
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• Fir real: expert tips on picking the perfect Christmas tree for the best price in the UK

  06-12-2025 09:41 via theguardian.com
  Millions of real trees are sold each year, and costs vary widely – we ask experts how to find good dealsFor many Britons, putting up their tree is the ritual that marks the official start of Christmas, with the second week of December a popular time to deck the halls.While surveys suggest that about two-thirds of the population will opt for an artificial tree, millions of real ones will be sold this month. As usual, the competition is fierce on the high street, with some supermarkets selli
  
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• 31 freebies and discounts available for over 60s in the UK

  06-12-2025 09:05 via express.co.uk
  Older Brits can save money on healthcare, travel, hotel stays, days out and shopping.
  
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• HMRC warns Christmas side-hustle sellers over tax on festive earnings

  06-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Crafters, artisans and others told to declare income if above £1,000 trading allowance in tax yearThis is a busy time of year for the thousands of people who earn a bit of extra income from a festive side hustle such as running a stall at a Christmas market or selling items online.The UK’s army of crafters, artisans and designers are being urged to check if they need to tell HM Revenue and Customs about their earnings. Continue reading...
  
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• How to buy the greatest gifts: personal shoppers on their 17 rules for perfect presents

  06-12-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  December can bring huge stress, as people struggle with budgetary pressures, organisation and what to give the person who has everything. Here’s a guide to getting it right, every timeThe festive shopping season is upon us and there is usually someone who is hard to buy for on the list. How can you avoid the stress of last-minute panic buying? Personal shoppers share their tips on how to treat your loved ones to something that they will cherish. Continue reading...
  
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• Martin Lewis urges anyone under this age to put £1 in account now

  06-12-2025 05:23 via express.co.uk
  Money expert Martin Lewis is urging people aged in this age bracket to 'put a quid' in an account now.
  
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• Cloudflare apologises after latest outage takes down LinkedIn and Zoom

  05-12-2025 19:38 via theguardian.com
  Web infrastructure provider says problem lasted half an hour and was not an attack, weeks after larger outageCloudflare has apologised after an outage on Friday morning that hit websites including LinkedIn, Zoom and Downdetector, the company’s second outage in less than a month.“Any outage of our systems is unacceptable, and we know we have let the internet down again,” it said in a blogpost, adding that it would release more information next week on how it aims to prevent thes
  
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