Cost of living crisis delays weddings, divorces and new babies
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Wealthy Britons are delaying having babies, divorcing and starting businesses as a result of the cost of living crisis. Read More
Estate agents charging buyers thousands to take homes off the market
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Estate agents are charging buyers thousands of pounds in “reservation fees” to take properties off the market. Read More
UK has moved out of recession, official figures show
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The UK is officially out of recession after figures showed the economy grew by 0.6% in the first three months of the…
Home repossessions jump as households ‘remain under pressure’ from higher rates
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of homeowner-mortgaged properties being repossessed jumped by more than a third in the first quarter of this year compared with…
Interest rate held for sixth consecutive month - but edges closer to cut soon
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Bank of England has edged closer to a cut in interest rates, with another member of its nine-person Monetary Policy Committee…
Rishi Sunak faces election blow as 900,000 voters brace for ‘mortgage nightmare’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Rishi Sunak faces a “reckoning” at the polls as 900,000 homeowners brace for mortgage rises before a possible November general election. Read…
Kids so hungry they're 'eating rubbers or hiding empty lunchboxes' due to lack of free school meals
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Children are so hungry they are eating rubbers or pretending to eat from empty lunchboxes because they don’t qualify for free school…
Nine new tenants registered for each rental home in March, says report
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In March, there were nearly ‘nine new tenants registered for each available rental home’, as demand continues to surpass the supply, according…
Four new cost of living payments to be paid in June and July to struggling households
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Some households in the UK are set to receive up to four new cost of living payments in a bid to alleviate…
Lagos sate govt discovers ‘86 rooms’ under bridge where tenants paid N250,000 a year as rent
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Lagos state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, says the state government has uncovered 86 partitioned rooms, sized 10×10…