More than 47,000 UK businesses on ‘brink of collapse’, warn insolvency experts
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 47,000 UK companies are on the brink of collapse after a 25% jump in businesses facing “critical” financial distress in…
Homeowners who take on lodgers are stung by stealth tax raid
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Homeowners taking on lodgers are paying more tax under a stealth raid on rental income. Read More
Millions ‘putting their lives on hold’ as UK sees record rent rises
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Millions of people have delayed major life decisions such as starting a family because of uncertainty about housing, a poll has found….
UK faces a cost of dying crisis as funeral costs reach record high
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Growing numbers of grieving families are having to sell belongings, raid their savings or borrow from friends to cover the cost of…
'No child should suffer the indignity, pain and disadvantage of hunger'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The better children eat, the better they learn, the better they do in life. It is a pretty basic formula that we…
Senior Tories demand Bank of England cut interest rates within weeks
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Bank of England must stop “dithering” and cut interest rates as soon as possible or risk damaging the prospects of economic growth…
‘Everyone cites Covid and Brexit’: number of UK businesses going bust rises 52% in two years
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Company insolvencies soared last year as businesses struggled with the inflation crisis and the long-term impact of the Covid pandemic, new…
Interest rate cuts will soften mortgage blow by £11bn – but Brits still face £19bn rise
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Bank of England interest rate cuts are set to soften the blow of increased mortgage payments in 2024, top economists have said. Read More
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey to be grilled on interest rate hikes' threat to UK financial stability
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is to be grilled by MPs over whether hikes in interest rates threaten Britain’s financial stability….
Why you should wait until the Spring to buy a house and the type of home that is surging in value: Nine trends that will define the property market in 2024
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Bold interior trends, falling borrowing costs and new opportunities for first-time buyers will bring colour and life back into the property market…