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Is it a smart move or reckless gamble to buy a home with 98% mortgage?
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (1268+ words) By LUCY EVANS, MONEY REPORTER Buying a family home always seemed out of reach for'Abigail Cotterell and her husband Alex. Years of paying sky-high nursery fees for their children Celia, now six, and Percy, four, left them struggling to save…...
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: I fear Chancellor's coming for the triple lock
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (1359+ words) By JEFF PRESTRIDGE, MONEY EDITOR AT LARGE Labour's Rachel Reeves will go down in history as one of the country's most ruinous Chancellors. Since taking up her appointment in July 2024, she has overseen the economy's near destruction by taxing consumers…...
Nando's customer finds 2010 receipt that shows prices have DOUBLED
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (538+ words) A shocked customer has discovered a 15-year-old Nando's receipt that reveals just how much the price of peri-peri chicken has soared. Livi Smith, from Kingston Upon Thames in south west London, stumbled across the vintage receipt from 2010, showing a meal…...
Jim Chalmers is told NOT to give Aussies a handout in next budget
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (45+ words) No money for you: Jim Chalmers is told NOT to give Aussies a handout in the next budget'Daily Mail No money for you: Jim Chalmers is told NOT to give Aussies a handout in the next budget - International Monetary Funds…...
Astonishing secret finances of Trump's new man for the Federal Reserve
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (495+ words) By BENJAMIN CURRY, US DEPUTY CONSUMER EDITOR President Trump's pick to be the new chair of the Federal reserve, Kevin Warsh, has officially confirmed the massive scope of his vast wealth in a new disclosure. Documents submitted by Warsh show…...
B&B owners call Reeves' 'holiday tax' the 'nail in the coffin'
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (654+ words) By ISABELLA MACHIN, REPORTER B&B owners have warned'Rachel Reeves' 'holiday tax' will be the 'nail in the coffin' for hospitality in Devon and Cornwall - and will 'shoot the golden goose'.' City mayors and town officials could be given power…...
Britain 'faces recession' as oil soars back to $100 a barrel
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (644+ words) By HUGO DUNCAN, BUSINESS EDITOR The price of oil shot back above $100 a barrel on Monday as Britain's battered economy lurches towards stagflation and recession. In another rocky session on financial markets, Brent crude rose as much as 9 per cent…...
Dominant Tesco on course to post bumper profits
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (521+ words) By PATRICK TOOHER, CONSULTANT CITY EDITOR Profits at Britain's biggest retailer could even beat last year's "3. 1 billion with sales hitting at least "72 billion, according to analysts. The results represent a remarkable turnaround for the supermarket, which was laid low more…...
First inflation report since Iran war stuns Wall Street
1+ week, 1+ day ago (583+ words) By BENJAMIN CURRY, US DEPUTY CONSUMER EDITOR The government's latest prices report card is giving the US economy an 'F' - that means most of the things you buy every day are getting much more expensive. It showed prices jumped by…...
State pension is "1, 300 a year thanks to triple lock
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (885+ words) By TANYA JEFFERIES, PENSIONS AND INVESTMENT EDITOR Older people getting the full rate state pension would be "1, 300 a year worse off if it had been increased according to inflation not the triple lock, a new study shows. The headline state…...