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• UK households handed new DWP Cost of Living payments

  03-04-2025 18:29 via express.co.uk
  
  Households have received a new date for when they can expect to start receiving £200 cost of living payments.
  
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• Record UK home insurance claims after storms cause damage

  07-05-2025 12:13 via ft.com
  
  Property claims have now topped £100mn for eight quarters in a row, ABI data show
  
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• Submit your questions: How should central banks navigate the new world order?

  07-05-2025 12:05 via ft.com
  
  Pose questions to FT journalists about the monetary policy picture in the US and the rest of the world
  
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• Ørsted halts work on vast UK wind farm citing rising costs

  07-05-2025 08:44 via ft.com
  Decision on Hornsea 4 project deals blow to Britain’s clean energy goals
  
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• Industrial strategy aims to tackle UK’s sky-high energy costs

  07-05-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Shielding industry from inflated prices is centrepiece of next month’s announcement
  
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• Consumer watchdog calls for review of water bills in England and Wales

  07-05-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Ofwat is ‘too generous’ to utilities, hitting customers with £5.4bn rise in charges over five years, Consumer Council for Water says
  
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• UK closes in on US trade pact with lower tariff quotas for cars and steel

  06-05-2025 20:01 via ft.com
  
  London to offer concessions on digital services tax in deal that could be agreed this week
  
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• SNP pledges NHS improvements ahead of Scottish elections

  06-05-2025 18:58 via ft.com
  First minister sets out legislative programme early to allow full year of reform before Holyrood poll
  
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• Downing Street rules out reversing winter fuel payment cuts

  06-05-2025 15:17 via ft.com
  Government insists on retaining policy despite senior Labour figures blaming it for local election losses
  
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• Downing Street rules out reversing cut to winter fuel payment

  06-05-2025 15:17 via ft.com
  
  Government insists on retaining policy despite senior Labour figures blaming it for local election losses
  
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• UK and India strike trade deal after three years of talks

  06-05-2025 15:16 via ft.com
  Negotiations were accelerated after Donald Trump imposed global tariffs last month
  
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• TalkTalk sheds customers as indebted telecoms group battles altnets

  06-05-2025 14:25 via ft.com
  Sales and profits decline at UK broadband provider as it faces intensifying competition
  
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• Halifax explains £500 limit rule for ISA savers

  06-05-2025 13:41 via express.co.uk
  
  There are limits to how much you can deposit each year and enjoy the tax-free advantages of ISAs
  
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• 7.2 million could invalidate home insurance by delaying key task

  06-05-2025 13:05 via express.co.uk
  
  Millions are unaware that delaying this task could void their home insurance policies.
  
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• Why Britain lacks leverage in tariff talks with the US

  06-05-2025 13:00 via ft.com
  Asymmetry in trade relationship suggests Trump has the upper hand in negotiations
  
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• Barclays, HSBC, Santander and NatWest in mortgage price war - savings worth over £1,000

  06-05-2025 12:39 via express.co.uk
  
  Major names - including Barclays, HSBC, Santander, NatWest and Nationwide - have all cut fixed mortgage rates
  
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• Desperate Rachel Reeves needs a miracle – and she might just get one on Thursday

  06-05-2025 12:20 via express.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves needs a lucky break after all the mistakes she's made. Thursday could be the day.
  
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• Pensioners may have to wait up to eight months for DWP payment increase

  06-05-2025 12:18 via express.co.uk
  
  This year, April 5, was the final deadline for making voluntary National Insurance contributions to top-up state pension payments.
  
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• Bank of England could make huge interest rates step this week due to Trump chaos

  06-05-2025 12:15 via express.co.uk
  
  The BoE's earlier forecast of inflation peaking at 3.7% this year may now prove to be too high
  
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• DWP 'working hard' as it issues update on Pension Credit processing times

  06-05-2025 12:01 via express.co.uk
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions issued an important update on Pension Credit processing times.
  
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• OVO Energy to offer free electricity every week to customers for 16 weeks

  06-05-2025 11:18 via express.co.uk
  
  OVO Energy is offering its customers the perk to help cut costs over the summer
  
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• HMRC rule changes for thousands of drivers who earn more than £30,000

  06-05-2025 10:32 via express.co.uk
  
  Drivers should start preparing now to avoid the risk of penalties.
  
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• UK employment tribunal backlog hits record high

  06-05-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Queue of cases nears 50,000 as shortage of qualified judges leaves businesses and employees waiting
  
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• European and UK companies lay bare the pain from Trump’s trade war

  06-05-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Executives warn about the challenges facing businesses and the destabilising effect of prolonged uncertainty
  
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• BoE expected to cut rates as US trade war hits growth

  06-05-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Announcement on Thursday comes as concern mounts over impact of Trump tariffs on global economy
  
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• EU set to make it easier for UK professionals to work in the bloc

  05-05-2025 22:53 via ft.com
  Brussels due to propose legislation to enable the recognition of qualifications of British lawyers and others
  
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• A tentative reset between Britain and the EU

  05-05-2025 13:59 via ft.com
  
  Deals this month ought to become the basis for a more ambitious realignment
  
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• Ministers look at trimming back home insulation pledge

  05-05-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  
  Treasury declined to say whether it would stick to Labour’s £6.6bn spending commitment
  
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• BT rival Community Fibre posts first profit as other altnets struggle

  05-05-2025 05:00 via ft.com
  Private equity-backed company tipped to mount serious challenge to BT Openreach and Virgin Media O2
  
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• Cash ISA stampede as savers flocked to beat rumoured tax changes

  05-05-2025 03:30 via express.co.uk
  
  The dash for ISAs was fuelled by speculation ahead of the Spring Statement
  
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