The average wage-earner is 62 per cent better off than 25 years ago – but worse off than four years ago, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has …
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Concerns about money are more likely to cause Britons to have sleepless nights than anything else, a new survey has found.
A study by Zur…
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Providers of basic bank accounts should make sure they do not water down what they offer customers, Consumer Focus has argued.
These acco…
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Much of the UK's recent economic news may have been positive, but that may be of little comfort to workers at electrical goods retailer Comet.
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Claiming that devolving power from Whitehall "to other tiers of government" is a good way to help revive local economies around the UK is a …
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The government's plan to change the benefits system with the introduction of its universal credit plan is badly flawed and these faults need addre…
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned the government that a new report on how to boost regional growth must include a major change in industrial …
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Energy minister Greg Barker has said the prime minister outlined "the intent, not the detail" of a plan to get energy customers on the cheap…
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