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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…
City watchdog aims to tell drivers they will not need to use companies to apply for share of £18bn compensation schemeThe City regulator is facing a battle with claims companies over a £1m advertising campaign designed to discourage drivers from using …
‘Debt sentences’ rose by a third in six months, finds Royal London after FoI request to Student Loans CompanyMore than 150,000 people in the UK now have student loan debts of more than £100,000, with one borrower owing £298,000, data shows.The company …
Watchdog ‘deeply concerned’ that firms have ramped up petrol and diesel prices at expense of consumersBusiness live – latest newsRetailers have been accused of overcharging motorists at the pump by the UK’s competition watchdog, which is “deeply concer…
Privatised water company criticised over efforts to connect private septic tanks to mains and cut pollutionBusiness live – latest updatesThe water company United Utilities has underspent by more than £50m on vital work in Windermere, north-west England…