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Government says new rules could help protect 10 million consumers from ‘unconstrained borrowing’Ministers have promised to clamp down on unregulated buy now, pay later firms and offer stronger protection for consumers, as the government launched a long…
Victim Support reports 38% rise in people affected by dating scams and gives advice on avoiding fake profilesPeople looking for love online have been warned to be on high alert for scammers this Valentine’s Day because romance fraud has risen by more t…
Survey figure is highest in at least a decade as businesses face pressure to help staff in cost of living crisisUK employers expect to give workers pay rises of 5% this year, the highest in at least a decade, according to a survey of more than 2,000 bu…
BEIS also asks firms how many warrants to forcefully enter people’s homes they have applied forStab vests, huge dogs and escape routes: the secret diary of a prepay meter fitterAll energy suppliers in the UK have pledged to end the installation of prep…
More EVs are showing up on the road. New economic opportunities springing up related to that. This includes service technicians, mining, charging stations and battery recycling.
Homeless charity Crisis say rise in repossessions shows ‘devastating impact’ of the cost of living crisis on rentersRental evictions have surged by 98% in a year, official figures show, with a charity saying this showed the “devastating impact” of the …
Further slowdown likely amid interest rate rise and cost of living crisis, says surveyors’ body RicsProperty sales and house prices continued to decline across the UK in January, while new buyer demand and fresh listings were also down, surveyors have …
Business group says as much as £9bn of investment is needed to improve systemRishi Sunak should funnel billions of pounds into free childcare to help get more parents into work to tackle acute workforce shortages, according to Britain’s leading busines…
Return tickets could be scrapped in demand-based system as part of wider reforms to ‘broken model’, says transport secretaryTrain tickets in Britain could be priced like airline seats under a demand-based system being trialled by the government as part…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Consumers could be using a new digital pound as an alternative to cash by the end of the decade under plans being drawn up by the Bank of England and the Treasury. The government is speeding up its…