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NS&I forced to clarify odds of winning for people with less than £50,000 Premium Bonds
via express.co.ukNS&I has clarified how Premium Bonds work for people with less than £50,000 of Bonds. -
Pensioners protest outside Labour conference over cuts to winter fuel payments – video
via theguardian.comDozens of pensioners gather outside the Labour conference in Liverpool to protest against the decision by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to cut winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners, as the government grapples with how to fill a £22bn budget gap. Reeves defended the plan during her speech at the conference, saying: 'I know that not everyone in this hall or in the country will agree with every decision that I make'. Opponents of the plan argue that many pensioners who do not qualif -
Scotland could extend winter fuel allowance, Scottish Labour argues
via theguardian.comFurther devolution next year will bring allowance under Scottish control just months before Holyrood electionsLabour conference live – latest updatesScottish Labour believes access to the winter fuel allowance could be widened in Scotland as it tries to fight off its opponents’ attacks before the next Holyrood election.Scotland will be able to decide which pensioners get the allowance from October next year under further devolution of benefits to Holyrood, eight months before a Scott -
Working from home is the great social experiment of our age – it’s too soon for the state to wade in | Simon Jenkins
via theguardian.comLabour laws are highly sensitive. The government should tread carefully when it comes to dictating where people do their jobsWhat’s not to like about working from home? No commuting. More flexibility. Wear jeans. The boss can’t pester you. It’s a social revolution and it’s happening right now. Before Covid, 4.7% of employed Britons worked from home. Now, 40% say they work from home at least one day a week. Over much of clerical employment, the nine-to-five day has begun t -
Ed Miliband pledges to end scourge of cold and draughty rented homes
via theguardian.comLabour will bring in regulations that apply to social as well as private housing, says energy secretaryLandlords who rent out substandard draughty homes face a crackdown under plans set out by the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, at the Labour party conference.Miliband said the measures would lift a million renters out of fuel poverty. Previous plans, outlined in the Labour manifesto, applied only to private landlords, but the new stipulations will also cover tenants in social homes. Continue read -
Martin Lewis issues update to state pensioners over council tax discount
via express.co.ukSir Keir Starmer previously refused to rule out whether the party would scrap the single-person Council Tax discount in the upcoming Budget. -
Act now to secure £190 from TSB: Essential steps for new customers before offer expires
via express.co.ukThe bank is offering extra cash for new customers who switch to one of two current account, however, customers must take a couple of steps -
DWP Winter Fuel Payment warning over 'absolute deadline' for pensioners to secure £4,300
via express.co.ukThe eligibility for the Winter Fuel Payment is tightening making it ever more important to make sure you qualifty. -
Bank of England blamed for new risk of home loan rate rises
via express.co.ukSo-called "Sonia swap rates", which set the benchmark for lending between financial institutions, have risen slightly over the past week. -
Martin Lewis’ Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Iceland and Sainsbury’s ‘free money’ savings trick
via express.co.ukMartin Lewis' MSE has shared a tip on savings schemes for each of the major supermarkets which effectively give 'free money' for Christmas shopping. -
UK workers failed to claim £1.4 billion in expenses over the last year, study finds
via express.co.ukA poll of 2,000 employees found many are failing to claim back work expenses such as millage or client lunches due to complex processes or lost receipts. -
Nationwide to allow first-time buyers to borrow six times their earnings
via theguardian.comBuilding society ramps up mortgage price war with ‘gamechanging’ move, as it also cuts ratesBritain’s biggest building society is to let first-time buyers borrow up to six times their earnings in what has been labelled a “gamechanging” move that ramps up the mortgage price war.Weeks after it was announced that the Halifax and Lloyds would allow new buyers to take out loans worth up to 5.5 times their household annual income, Nationwide said it would now go up to six -
WAPSI women sent major update on DWP compensation worth £2,950
via express.co.ukThe WASPI campaign is calling for compensation for women who were impacted by the increase to the state pension age. -
Millions to get £150 DWP payment as scheme about to open
via express.co.ukThe Warm Home Discount scheme is set to reopen in October, with around three million households expected to benefit from the £150 credit on electricity bills -
Six water firms in England ‘overcharged customers by up to £1.5bn’
via theguardian.comFirms underreported true scale of sewage pollution for 10 years, which allowed them to set higher bills, tribunal toldSix water companies overcharged customers between £800m and £1.5bn by “significantly or systematically” underreporting the true scale of their sewage pollution of rivers and waterways, a tribunal has heard.In the first environmental competition class action against water companies in England, lawyers argued that the privatised firms had abused their monopo -
Tesco’s Aldi price-matched products are not like for like, report says
via theguardian.comDozens of items at UK’s largest supermarket chain contain lower proportions of key ingredients than rival, BBC claimsBusiness live – latest updatesDozens of Tesco food products contain lower proportions of key ingredients than “price-matched” equivalents at Aldi, according to a report that raises questions over value for money at the UK’s largest supermarket chain.BBC Panorama said that 38 out of 122 Tesco products it surveyed contained at least five percentage poin -
Do packaged bank accounts deliver value for money?
via theguardian.comAs banks raise fees customers pay in exchange for a range of perks, it’s time to ask: Are you are really getting your money’s worth?Consumers with packaged bank accounts are being urged to scrutinise how much they pay for the benefits they receive after another leading provider increased its fees.Nationwide has become the latest big name to announce it was upping the cost, in this case by almost 40% – prompting calls for users to ensure they are getting the best value for their -
BA left my 14-year-old daughter alone and stranded at an airport in France
via theguardian.comThe departure gate was changed after check-in but it didn’t offer her any supportBritish Airways lost my 14-year-old daughter in Toulouse airport when she was flying alone to Heathrow, then charged me for a whole new flight departing the next day. My cousin had checked her in, and she was given a boarding pass marked gate 54, where she duly waited. When staff appeared, she presented herself at the desk and was told that her flight was, in fact, departing from gate 52. Gate 52 had closed be -
UK petrol and diesel prices falling at fastest rate this year, says RAC
via theguardian.comHouseholds paying about £4 less to fill up a family car than a month ago, with further drops expectedThe price of petrol and diesel in the UK is falling at the fastest pace this year, with households paying about £4 less to fill up a family car than they did a month ago.Analysis from the RAC found that the average price of a litre of unleaded petrol in the UK was now just above 136.15p, down 7p from the 142.86p recorded last month. Diesel now costs almost 141p a litre, compared with -
Nimby name-calling will not solve Britain’s housing crisis | Letters
via theguardian.comHazel Davies says the problem is one of affordability and accessibility, not actual physical supply; Helena Forsyth says the focus should be on underoccupied and empty homes. Plus a letter from Prof Jem PosterNimbys are constantly portrayed as selfish old fogeys; resistant to change; concerned only for house prices. Yimbys, according to your article, are ambitious, socially concerned, young go-aheads (‘The moment has come’: pro-building Labour yimbys are set to raise the roof, 15 Sep -
Cheers! Here’s to the end of the pint | Letter
via theguardian.comPeter Burke welcomes an opportunity to finally end the sale of beer in imperial units It is entirely commendable to try to bring down the nation’s alcohol consumption (Pint of no return? Two-thirds measure could boost English health – study, 17 September). Whether reducing the size of the standard beer measure succeeds in achieving this remains to be seen.What is unaccountable is the proposal to move from a pint measure (20 fluid ounces) to two‑thirds of a pint (13.33 fluid oun -
Labour, beware: Britain’s housing crisis is driving voters towards populism | John Harris
via theguardian.comWhenever I talk to people who are bitterly disconnected from politics, they raise the lack of decent homes. That’s the stark truth the party needs to addressWhatever the Starmer administration’s woes, Labour’s first conference as the party of government in 15 long years will still have an element of gleeful excitement. But nagging doubts will not be hard to find, and they will go further than the awful mess over gifts and donations. A panicked prime minister is now vowing to pr -
‘It’s the robot we were all expecting – like C3PO’: why aren’t humanoids in our homes yet?
via theguardian.comTesla and others are trying to infuse robots with artificial intelligence, yet their development is dogged by technical and safety challenges. But the dream of a multipurpose domestic droid lives onIn 2013, US robotics company Boston Dynamics revealed its new robot, Atlas. Unveiled at the Darpa Robotics Challenge, the 6ft 2in humanoid could walk on uneven ground, jump off boxes, and even climb stairs. It was like a vision frequently depicted in fiction: a robot designed to operate like us, able -
British beer drinkers, face the truth: a pint is too big, a half is too small – all hail the two-thirds measure | Elle Hunt
via theguardian.comMillions have always known it and now scientists agree that for health and pleasure, less is more What a great feeling it is when a study by actual scientists comes along and validates something that you’ve been saying for years. Researchers from the behaviour and health research unit at the University of Cambridge (heard of it?!) have recommended that the traditional British pint be abandoned in favour of the two-thirds measure.After a trial in a dozen pubs, bars and restaurants in Englan -
TfL records 57% income rise from driving fines on major London roads
via theguardian.comAA says capital’s streets are ‘paved with fines’ as figures show £89m was received in 2023-24Transport for London (TfL) has recorded a 57% rise in income over five years from fining drivers using major roads in the capital, with a leading motoring organisation saying the transport authority has ensured London’s streets are now “paved with fines”.Figures show it received £89.3m in the 2023-24 financial year for perceived offences on its red route ne -
HSBC calls on tech firms to help refund victims of fraud
via theguardian.comBank says new UK compensation rules will fail to curb APP scams and prove financial sector is not the problemHSBC has thrown its weight behind calls for tech firms to pay up for fraud, saying incoming compensation rules requiring banks to reimburse scam victims up to £85,000 will fail to stem the flow of fraud and prove that the financial sector is not the problem.David Callington, the head of fraud at HSBC UK, said rules coming into force on 7 October would motivate banks and payment firm -
‘Affordable’ shared-ownership homes cost residents more than half their wages
via theguardian.comMany people now feel trapped despite major provider’s guidance that mortgage, rent and service charges should not exceed 40% of take-home payResidents who bought shared-ownership properties promoted as “affordable homes” say they now feel trapped because they have to spend more than half of their net salaries on mortgage repayments, rent and service charges.Campaigners say residents have become the victims of financial abuse after buying properties promoted as a step on the pro -
Worker who mistakenly sent abuse to customer wins unfair dismissal claim
via theguardian.comMeliesha Jones sacked by Vale Curtains and Blinds after replying ‘he’s a twat’ to customer complaintA worker who was sacked after calling a customer “a twat” in an email she mistakenly sent to him has won more than £5,000 in an unfair dismissal claim.Meliesha Jones, who had been a part-time administrator at Vale Curtains and Blinds since 2021, was dealing with a customer complaint with a colleague when she hit the wrong button. Continue reading... -
No more sticking-plaster solutions: Britain’s green agenda is on solid ground | Joss Garman
via theguardian.comShowing climate delivery can be done effectively and fairly would be an extraordinary climate legacy for Keir StarmerA well-intentioned but badly designed and poorly communicated energy policy from the German government, and more recent protests by farmers in France and the Netherlands, have knocked the confidence of European political leaders that environmental progress can be delivered in a way that works for people and enjoys democratic support. Unashamedly popular climate policies from Keir -
Keir Starmer appears to hate pensioners and this is why I fear he's only just got started
via express.co.ukMel Stride explains why he believes the Winter Fuel Payment cut is just the tip of the iceberg in a fight against 'codgers'.
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