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WASPI payout demands surge as ex-Celeb Big Brother star calls for DWP meeting
via express.co.ukMPs are to hold a debate on the question of WASPI compensation later this month. -
How to buy secondhand clothes you’ll love online
via theguardian.comHave a bidding strategy and a targeted approach … and train the algorithmsBe specific in searches. “If you enter ‘green dress’ into the search box on eBay, it will bring back thousands of results, so use the filter,” says Becky Barnes, a sustainable stylist from Bristol, who has been buying exclusively pre-owned clothes since 2017. “You can usually select brand, fabric, length, size – the filtering is more sophisticated than on Vinted.” There are -
Viagogo ‘mistakenly’ listed resale of England football match tickets
via theguardian.comWebsite blames human error for the advert, now removed, for about 100 seats when practice is illegal in UKThe ticket trading website Viagogo has apologised for “mistakenly” advertising tickets to an upcoming England football match, despite the fact that the resale of football tickets is illegal in the UK.Cris Miller, the managing director of Viagogo,has previously said the company does not resell football tickets. But Viagogo was advertising about 100 seats at Wembley for England&rsq -
Why it can pay to delay when you start drawing your UK state pension
via theguardian.comFor every nine weeks you delay your pension goes up by about 1%, but for some it could end up costing them moreUK state pensions: are older retirees getting a bad deal?You can boost your weekly state pension by delaying when you start to draw it. For some people this will represent a very good deal – but it all depends on how long you live for once you start receiving it.We each have a date from which we can claim our state pension. Once we do, we can receive a weekly sum based on our nati -
Eurostar reverses wheelchair policy that left user stranded, after Observer campaign
via theguardian.comPassengers were left abandoned and humiliated after operator banned staff from providing assistanceEurostar has reversed a new accessibility policy that left a wheelchair user stranded and has retrained its London staff following pressure from the Observer.Travellers with disabilities claimed that they would be barred from Eurostar services after the company banned its London staff from pushing passenger wheelchairs. Those who require assistance were told they must travel with a companion or can -
We can easily end child poverty in the UK. Here are five things to know | Torsten Bell
via theguardian.comProgress can be made. We must not let stubbornly high rates turn us into fatalists• Archbishop urges Starmer to ditch ‘cruel’ benefit cap
• The Observer view: Labour must tackle this scourge
• Gordon Brown: People haven’t woken up to thisWhat is the case for tackling child poverty? Can we make a dent in it? How? These questions have not been at the centre of British politics for the past 14 years, and the extent to which they will return to it under a Labour -
The Observer view on child poverty: Labour must tackle this scourge as soon as possible | Observer editorial
via theguardian.comGrowing up in a poor household is one of the biggest barriers to opportunity, yet it affects millions of children• Gordon Brown on the UK’s child poverty scandal
• Torsten Bell: We can easily end child poverty
• Archbishop urges Starmer to ditch ‘cruel’ benefit capAlmost one in three British children now live in relative poverty. Former prime minister Gordon Brown last week referred to this generation as “austerity’s children”: children who have -
‘People haven’t woken up to the scale of this’: Gordon Brown on the UK’s child poverty scandal
via theguardian.comA quarter of Britain’s children live below the poverty line. Near his Fife home, the former PM shows how charities help families and says this issue must be a priority for any government• The Observer view: Labour must tackle this scourge
• Torsten Bell: We can end child poverty
• Archbishop urges Starmer to ditch ‘cruel’ benefit capOutside a warehouse squeezed between a waste recycling plant, an auto parts outlet and a scaffolding company in Lochgelly, Fife, a b -
Archbishop of Canterbury urges Starmer to ditch ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap
via theguardian.comHead of Church of England Justin Welby tells Observer that ending policy would lift thousands of UK children out of povertyThe Observer view: Labour must tackle this scourgeGordon Brown: People haven’t woken up to thisTorsten Bell: We can easily end child povertyJustin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has issued an impassioned plea to the government and Keir Starmer’s Labour party to scrap the two-child limit on benefit payments to families, branding it as a cruel and immoral pol -
The two-child benefit cap in the UK is unfair and doesn’t work | Martyn Snow, bishop of Leicester
via theguardian.comEnding this shortsighted and unfair policy would lift half a million children out of poverty immediatelyIn Leicester, where I live and work as bishop, two in five children now live in poverty. That’s 12 pupils in every classroom struggling to focus. Some haven’t eaten breakfast. Others are no doubt worried about arguments they have overheard at home about money, and how to afford next year’s school uniform. When I visit our local schools, I hear of teachers bringing in food for -
WASPI boost as demands backed by huge number of MPs
via express.co.ukIt comes after the Ombudsman recommended women receive an apology and payouts of between £1,000 and £2,950 -
£4 Dominos and £5 KFC: health fears as fast food lunch becomes ‘workplace appropriate’
via theguardian.comLow-price deals in UK mean consumers are eating less-nourishing food more frequently, say expertsOffice workers looking for a cheap, healthy lunch on the high street might struggle. With inflation pushing up prices, a sandwich, snack and drink at popular coffee chains can now cost upwards of £10, while even the average supermarket meal deal has risen by more than 21% in price since before the pandemic.But now fast-food chains have moved to fill the gap in the market. In March, KFC introduc -
The high cost of living has turned the UK into a 'nation of spenders'
via express.co.ukThe nation's battle with the cost of living has changed what households do with their money, with consumption being cut by more than the fall in incomes, the Resolution Foundation said. -
Number of individuals who are ‘personally insolvent’ up almost 10 percent
via express.co.ukThe cost of living squeeze and difficulties meeting debt repayments were the driving force behind the rise of 9.9 percent to 9,651. -
Renters under threat as three in ten landlords plan to sell up
via express.co.ukThree in ten landlords have indicated they intend to reduce the number of properties they offer or get out of the market entirely. -
Germany's sick man of Europe economy 'could pull the plug on the EU'
via express.co.ukCOMMENT: MoneyMagpie founder Jasmine Birtles says Germany's problems are self-inflicted. -
Fears of new Windrush as thousands of UK immigrants face ‘cliff edge’ visa change
via theguardian.comCampaigners say move to electronic permits by end of the year is a ‘recipe for disaster’ that could leave immigrants without proof of statusLawyers and migrant rights campaigners have warned that the government is heading for a repeat of the Windrush scandal after imposing a “cliff edge” deadline for immigrants to switch to new digital visas.By the end of this year an estimated 500,000 or more non-EU immigrants with leave to remain in the UK will need to replace their phy -
Savings alert on possible General Election impacts on your investments and money
via express.co.ukMoneyMagpie's experts assess the potential impacts of a General Election on your investments. -
Rubbish music, chatbots and online queues: welcome to your life lived on hold | Elle Hunt
via theguardian.comLast year British taxpayers spent 800 years waiting to speak to HMRC. This is the price of a world digitised on the cheapIn taking stock of how we spend our days, no one likes to think of all the hours we’ve spent on the phone to the tax office. Yet that and other necessary administrative evils are increasingly taking up our precious time.Taxpayers spent an accumulated total of almost 800 years on hold on the phone with HM Revenue & Customs last year, according to the National Audit Of -
UK state pensions: are older retirees getting a bad deal?
via theguardian.comPeople who receive the new state pension can get thousands a year more than those on the old basic schemeSheila receives the basic state pension and says it is a struggle to make ends meet. “We’re supposed to survive on pocket money,” says the widow, aged 81. “I don’t go out because I can’t afford it. I used to go for a coffee to treat myself but not any more. It’s too expensive. If I buy clothes it is at the charity shop.“The way we have to live i -
Pensions warning for key group of women who are missing out on billions
via express.co.ukNew figures show that less that one in three include pensions in an important financial settlement. -
Nationwide doubles maximum personal loan to £50k amid rising building costs
via theguardian.comPrevious £25,000 maximum no longer enough to fund some home improvements, says building societyNationwide building society has doubled the maximum personal loan it will offer borrowers to £50,000, citing the continued increase in building costs as the reason for the change.The society previously offered up to £25,000 for qualifying customers but said this was no longer enough to fund some home improvement projects. Continue reading... -
Sick pay 'forcing' Britons to work as nearly half can't afford to go without full wage
via express.co.ukEXCLUSIVE: Britons are working through pain as those leaving the workforce through sickness hit record highs. -
High mortgage interest rates, ultra-long repayment plans - and how to protect yourself
via express.co.ukEXCLUSIVE: New official figures from the Bank of England have revealed a surge in the number of buyers opting for home loans running for up to 40 years. -
Ministers clawing back £251m from carers hit by DWP’s allowance failures
via theguardian.com‘Strikingly large’ sum being recouped from people who fell foul of system that did not flag overpaymentsMinisters are clawing back more than £250m from unpaid carers over benefit infringements that occurred largely as a result of government failures, it can be revealed.More than 134,000 people who care for loved ones are being forced to repay often huge carer’s allowance overpayments. The debts are incurred in many cases through no fault of their own, and leave carers sad -
Ticket touts who ‘fleeced’ Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga fans jailed
via theguardian.comFirm run by the ‘Ticket Queen’ sold tickets worth more than £6.5m on sites including Viagogo and StubHubTicket touts who conspired to “fleece” fans of artists including Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher and Lady Gaga have been jailed for operating a “fraudulent trading” scheme worth more than £6.5m.Judge Batiste sentenced four touts, who fraudulently bought and sold hundreds of tickets through a business called TQ Tickets, to up to four years in prison ea -
Ofgem energy price cap will fall to £1,574 a year this summer, say analysts
via theguardian.comMillions of households in Great Britain expected to remain in fuel povertydespite drop in pricesEnergy bills in Great Britain are expected to fall by 7% this summer – the equivalent of more than £100 a year – after a drop in wholesale gas prices, but will remain hundreds of pounds higher than pre-crisis levels.Analysts at Cornwall Insight, a well-respected energy consultancy, have forecast that the government’s energy price cap will fall to £1,574 a year for the ave -
Air Up: scent-flavoured water bottle becomes latest playground craze
via theguardian.comSchool must-have is setting pressured parents back £30 but could help keep kids off sugary drinksFrom loom bands to fidget spinners, playground crazes are usually cheap and cheerful, but the latest must-have is an expensive drinks bottle that comes with scent pods that trick your brain into thinking water is cola or fruit juice.The growing popularity of Air Up, with the cheapest bottles starting at about £30, is a dilemma for parents. Continue reading... -
China to cut mortgage rates as part of plan to prop up property market
via theguardian.comLocal authorities will be allowed to turn unsold homes from developers into affordable housingChina will cut mortgage rates and allow local authorities to turn unsold homes from developers into affordable housing, in a series of drastic measures by Beijing aimed at propping up the country’s faltering property market.The People’s Bank of China said it would scrap the minimum rate of interest and reduce down-payment ratios to 15% for first-time buyers and 25% for second homes. It will -
Flats for sale with outside space in Great Britain – in pictures
via theguardian.comFrom balconies with countryside and harbour views, to those with far-reaching cityscapes Continue reading...
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