UK inflation falls as meat and crumpet prices drop (www.finance.yahoo.com)
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UK households to be £1,900 poorer by end of this parliament, say economists (www.theguardian.com)
British households are on course to be worse off at the end of a parliamentary term for the first time in modern history, leading economists have warned, after Jeremy Hunt’s £20bn autumn statement tax cuts favoured the richest 20% of earners....
Interest rates held at highest level for 15 years (www.bbc.co.uk)
Animal refuges in Britain are ‘full to bursting’ as owners give up pets in cash crisis (www.theguardian.com)
UK interest rate freeze ends run of 14 straight increases (www.bbc.co.uk)
Reminder: Check your pensions every now and again. Especially if you're with Scottish Widows/Lloyds.
Because it turns out SW/Lloyds replaced their computer system last July, and since then none of my pension payments have been going into my account....
UK grocery price inflation slows but shoppers worried by soaring bills (www.theguardian.com)
Call connection services: A 39-minute phone call to cost me £119 (www.bbc.co.uk)
‘They were earning £10,000 more than me!’ What happens when colleagues come clean about pay (www.theguardian.com)
Energy bills to fall by 7% as new Price Cap is announced (www.moneysavingexpert.com)
Ofgem energy price cap predicted to fall to £1,823 a year (www.theguardian.com)
UK rents rise at highest rates since 2016 (www.bbc.co.uk)
BBC News - UK wages grow at record rate (www.bbc.co.uk)
Great car insurance con: Premiums soar to record high as prices hiked 50% in a year (www.independent.co.uk)
Halifax joins rivals in cutting mortgage rates (www.bbc.co.uk)
Martin Lewis energy tariff fix 'rule of thumb' as several firms offer new deals (www.dailyrecord.co.uk)
the team at MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE.com) has reported that several energy firms are now offering existing customers fixed-tariff deals which could give households a bit of financial stability over the next 12-months. Octopus, Sainsbury’s Energy, E.on Next, Shell Energy and British Gas are offering deals that are just below,...
Real wages to grow in London but fall in West Midlands (www.bbc.co.uk)
