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Below-inflation rise described as ‘woefully inadequate’, with students estimated to be losing out on £1,500Student maintenance loans in England will go up by 2.8% next year, the government has confirmed, despite soaring inflation and mounting concern a…
Housebuilder also cuts land purchases, with it forced to scrap proposals for 3,293 plotsBusiness live updates: ‘Marked slowdown’ in UK housing marketBritain’s largest housebuilder, Barratt Developments, has introduced a hiring freeze and is “significan…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized more than 55 million shares of Robinhood stock owned — via a holding company — by Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX co-founder Gary Wang, according to a court document. The shares were worth just over $456 mill…
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said Tuesday she expects more interest rate increases ahead, with higher rates to prevail for a while until inflation is subdued. From a report: “I am committed to taking further actions to bring inflation back …
Cornwall Insight warns reduction in support could curb businesses’ ability to invest in reducing fossil fuel emissionsThe reduction in government support for companies’ energy bills could threaten their efforts to reduce fossil fuel emissions, a leadi…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed up wholesale prices of gas and oilThe average UK price for a litre of petrol has fallen below 150p for the first time since the outbreak of war in Ukraine.The AA said that a litre of petrol typically cost 149.74p on …
Those of working age who die are twice as likely to spend final year of life in poverty, says charityTerminally ill people are calling on the UK government to start paying their state pensions early so they can enjoy what is left of their lives and tac…
Total sales for the month increased by 6.9% compared with a year earlier despite cost of living crisisBritain’s retailers benefited from a sales boost in December fuelled by Christmas shopping and the World Cup, despite growing concerns over the impact…
New scheme for companies, charities and public sector organisations to offer discount on wholesale pricesThe chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is poised to announce a cut to the financial support offered to businesses to help with their energy bills.A new schem…
“More than half a million people who deposited money with collapsed crypto lender Celsius Network have been dealt a major blow to their hopes of recovering their funds,” reports the Washington Post, “with the judge in the company’s bankruptcy case ruli…