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• ‘Astonishing and appalling’: British Gas battles customer anger over energy bill struggles

  03-01-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Complaints ratio for Britain’s biggest energy supplier is almost three times higher than its rival Octopus Energy“It has been both astonishing and appalling in equal measure,” says Jonathan Hattersley, 66, from Cambridgeshire. He is one of thousands of British Gas customers left frustrated by Britain’s biggest energy supplier.The gas and electricity supplier helped its parent company, Centrica, to a profit of £1bn for the first half of the year. But while the FTSE 1
  
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• Voters must work 30 years longer than their MP for the same pension

  06-01-2025 14:36 via express.co.uk
  MPs earn a basic salary of £91,346 plus expenses
  
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• DWP benefit claimants face major changes as payments could stop

  06-01-2025 14:19 via express.co.uk
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions is set to end Tax Credits payments in April.
  
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• ‘I’m a savings expert - this simple money challenge can help you save £1,456 in 2025'

  06-01-2025 14:18 via express.co.uk
  
  Aileen Robertson, the head of savings at Atom Bank, has shared her top tips to boost your pot this year.
  
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• Angela Rayner plan 'will harm jobs and drive people onto benefits'

  06-01-2025 14:01 via express.co.uk
  
  One of the main concerns cited in the Bill is changes to unfair dismissal legislation
  
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• Cold weather payment update: Full list of 18 more postcodes that qualify for DWP cash

  06-01-2025 13:33 via express.co.uk
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions has issued a new cold weather payment update, with 18 postcodes across the UK now qualifying
  
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• Britons 'urged' to seek help as 'thousands' of homes qualify for Winter Support Fund

  06-01-2025 12:19 via express.co.uk
  
  People can claim anything from energy bill and food vouchers to heated blankets and duvets from the fund.
  
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• Expert urges pensioners to shop around or risk losing £1,500

  06-01-2025 12:13 via express.co.uk
  
  The older you are when you buy an annuity the better deal you normally get, because the insurance company is not expecting you to live as long.
  
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• How to check if your postcode is eligible for DWP cold weather payment

  06-01-2025 12:08 via express.co.uk
  
  Certain households receive a financial boost from the DWP when temperatures fall below zero.
  
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• Every UK pensioner handed up to £4,000 boost thanks to DWP letter

  06-01-2025 12:06 via express.co.uk
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions is set to send a vital letter for those who could be in for an income boost of more than £4,000 this year.
  
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• Rachel Reeves on knife edge as latest blunder wastes another £6billion of our money

  06-01-2025 12:05 via express.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves claimed she would plug the £22billion black hole in the nation's accounts but all she has done is make it deeper and darker.
  
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• DWP bank checks warning as wrong people could be targeted

  06-01-2025 11:26 via express.co.uk
  
  The new measures should include an appeal system for claimants, an expert has said.
  
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• DWP benefits you can no longer claim once you reach State Pension age

  06-01-2025 10:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The DWP has released new figures showing that the State Pension is providing crucial financial support to 12.9 million people across Great Britain
  
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• DWP four PIP rules that could give you £798 a month and not affect your savings

  06-01-2025 01:01 via express.co.uk
  
  The DWP says you do not have to have a physical disability to get payments as you might eligible with mental health issues such as anxiety
  
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• Octopus Energy customers given £145 for making one change

  05-01-2025 19:48 via express.co.uk
  
  Octopus customers can make big savings on their energy bill.
  
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• Bright future beckons for organic health hero Biona

  04-01-2025 16:10 via express.co.uk
  
  A healthier, fitter you this yeae- if that's the plan then UK organic brand Biona has a feast of nutritious, plant-based foods and drinks to keep your resolutions on track and help the planet too.
  
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• Fab FOUR salon is a cut above for beauty seekers

  04-01-2025 15:26 via express.co.uk
  
  Perfect for new year new year dreams, hair and beauty salon business FOUR is a shining example of what can be achieved by women entrepreneurs for their customers
  
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• Urgent warning as economic crisis looms because Reeves ‘cannot make the damn sums work’

  04-01-2025 11:16 via express.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves is scaring the hell out of economists. They say she's driving the UK into a needless crisis because she can't get her maths right.
  
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• Red alert as economic crisis looms because Reeves ‘cannot make the damn sums work’

  04-01-2025 11:16 via express.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves is scaring the hell out of economists. They say she's driving the UK into a needless crisis because she can't get her maths right.
  
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• Lloyds Bank customers see £545 vanish from account as alert issued

  04-01-2025 11:08 via express.co.uk
  
  The bank has warned people to be vigilant when shopping in the January sales as it revealed the amount of money its account holders have lost to online scams
  
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• First Direct giving free £175 to customers in January

  04-01-2025 10:00 via express.co.uk
  
  First Direct is giving a £175 cash boost to customers in the New Year.
  
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• Push to raise income tax threshold from £12,570 to £45,000 - new HMRC update

  04-01-2025 09:13 via express.co.uk
  
  The government is due to respond to a new petition which says current income tax threshold "has been kept unreasonably low for far too long" after it gained more than 10,000 signatures
  
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• State pensioners are 'too embarrassed' to admit they need key benefit worth £1000s

  04-01-2025 09:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Older Brits are being urged to apply for a benefit that unlocks other financial assistance over fears some may not admit to needing it.
  
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• New year, new start … Is 2025 the right time to become your own boss?

  04-01-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Going freelance is not without risk but if you want to shed the shackles of the 9-5 here’s how to plan it properlyHas the new year spawned thoughts of a new career? Or have you long been considering striking out on your own and being your own boss?Whether you are considering going freelance because of a desire to shake off the shackles of a nine-to-five job, or as a temporary move as a result of a sudden redundancy, it’s a growing club to join. Continue reading...
  
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• Losing my ‘haunted’, mouldy flat was awful. I swore I’d get it back – and I did | Claire Jackson

  04-01-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Some people long for a storybook house, but I found sanctuary in a home in the woods, where saucepans were said to move by themselvesIn our end of year series, writers and public figures remember the place or time when they felt most at homeWe’re playing with a Playmobil house. Well, my friend’s son is playing with it. I’m moving my plastic familiar unsurely around what is, proportionately speaking, a cavernous room, awaiting his next instruction. The child scoops up a selectio
  
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• Finance expert shares five methods to save £5,000 in months

  04-01-2025 07:54 via express.co.uk
  
  The expert said that you can start off saving a little bit at a time but it can grow to a substantial amount with his method
  
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• Barclays hit with criticism over 'rip-off' charges for mobile phone users

  04-01-2025 06:40 via express.co.uk
  
  A customer was frustrated as they felt 'trapped' in their situation.
  
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• 47 shops set to close every day in aftermath of Body Shop and Carpetright closures

  04-01-2025 06:05 via express.co.uk
  
  Retail experts have warned that "worse is set to come"
  
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• HSBC makes major decision on mortgage rates after Halifax move

  03-01-2025 17:57 via express.co.uk
  
  The high street giant has issued new interest rates on fixed rate deals running for two, five and 10 years.
  
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• Meet the young families stuck in their starter homes thanks to the UK housing crisis | Kirsty Major

  03-01-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The arrival of a child is a good a reason as any to upsize, but this is no longer an option for many ‘second steppers’When Ronan and his wife lived as property guardians in Walthamstow, east London, owning a place of their own seemed out of their reach. But in 2018, an opportunity presented itself: a development offering compact one-bedroom flats at a discounted price to people living in the local community.The couple had no plans to start a family and the flat seemed suited to their
  
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