Dutch-style mortgages come to Britain
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Dutch lender is offering Britain’s borrowers mortgages where the interest rate automatically falls as the size of the loan shrinks. Read…
‘I'm a funeral director - we're seeing a huge spike in families who can't pay for burials'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA London funeral director has spoken about a worrying trend in families struggling to afford funerals for their loved ones. Read More
More than 47,000 UK businesses on ‘brink of collapse’, warn insolvency experts
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore 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 minuteHomeowners 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 minuteMillions 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 minuteGrowing 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 minuteThe 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 minuteThe 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 minuteBank of England interest rate cuts are set to soften the blow of increased mortgage payments in 2024, top economists have said. Read More