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EVs rise nearly a third in September compared with a year earlier, as plug-in hybrids jump by 56%British electric car sales hit a record high in September as new taxpayer subsidies helped to attract buyers in the most important month for the market.Bat…
Women’s average monthly earnings fall by 42% compared with one year before birth, ONS study findsMothers lose an average of £65,618 in pay by the time their first child turns five, as the “motherhood penalty” risks their financial security, official fi…
Nationwide says prices rose by 0.5% in September after August drop, lifting average price of property to £271,995Business live – latest newsThe UK property market returned to growth in September after a summer lull, with house prices rising 0.5% compar…
As typical annual dual-fuel charge rises to £1,755, charities warn over record £4.4bn owed to suppliersThree and a half years after war plunged Europe into an energy supply crisis, millions of households in Great Britain are braced for another winter o…
National Energy Action says 58% of households expect to cut heating use as typical annual dual-fuel bill increases to £1,755The majority of British households expect to restrict their home heating this winter to try to keep rising costs in check, accor…
Almost a third of British adults lived largely cashless lives in 2024, says UK FinanceYoung people have fuelled its rise but the use of buy now, pay later is exploding among older people, with uptake among 55- to 64-year-olds more than doubling in a ye…
Education secretary says means-tested grants for ‘those who need them most’ will be funded by new international student levyUK politics live – latest updatesLabour is to bring back maintenance grants for tens of thousands of students from low-income ba…
Mayor of Greater Manchester says he would have to be ‘wrenched’ out of city and says he wants UK to rejoin EU. This live blog is closedAndy Burnham live in conversation – podcastIn her Today interview Rachel Reeves was asked about a FT report saying sh…
Work Foundation says key elements of bill promote secure jobs amid fierce business lobbying against legislationEmployers will be forced to offer more secure terms to more than a million workers if the employment bill going through parliament is impleme…
Recruitment report identifies sharp rise in vacancies for warehouse staff and cleaners but large fall in graduate opportunitiesEditorial: AI and jobs: tech revolution should be for the many not the fewGraduates fresh from university will find it diffic…