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    Benefits
    Two-child cap is cementing regional poverty, Starmer told

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    Mortgages
    What can I do now the base rate has been cut?

    It was good news for homebuyers as interest rates finally went down. But it has raised a lot of tricky questions for them
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    ‘I’d be better off if I hadn’t been to uni’
    UK graduates tell of lives burdened by student loans

    Tactics for dealing with unaffordable student loan repayments include range from taking low-paid work to taking a second job, and even to remortgaging a home
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    UK pensioners left on ‘financial cliff edge’ by cuts to winter fuel payments

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    The people refusing to pay their bills amid the sewage crisis

  • ‘We are already the honey pot’
    Scam victims say powerful banking lobby is blocking compensation

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    ‘My spending limit was slashed by 90%’

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    Customers urged to switch to beat winter fuel payments changes

  • England
    Free childcare pledge in peril after Tories ‘recklessly rushed out’ plan

  • ‘We could go into debt’
    Older people on losing winter fuel payments

  • Interest rates
    Don’t be fooled by the cut – higher rates are here to stay

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Expert advice

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    Consumer champions
    Our FlixBus to Paris will not be stopping in Paris

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    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    Energy firms pile on the agony for the vulnerable

  • Google offices in the UK but making contact may result in crossed wires.

    Consumer champions
    Google listed my restaurant’s number as its British HQ

  • Have you locked your bike? sign warning about bike theft. But the lock can be stolen too.

    Consumer champions
    Insurance won’t pay my stolen bike claim because the lock was stolen, too

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Opinion

  • A young woman looks at estate agent’s window in west London.

    When lots of your friends still live at home, renting isn’t just expensive – it’s lonely too

    Chloe Aslett
  • Young woman preparing a tea at home

    Reuse that teabag! Ignore that special offer! It’s time to join the underconsumer revolution

    Emma Beddington
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      Housebuilding is a route to bigger, better homes for all, not just the rich

      Torsten Bell
    • Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, speaking on Thursday

      Bank of England
      Don’t be fooled by the interest rate cut – higher rates are here to stay

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      Labour is right to ditch the winter fuel allowance – it isn’t ‘robbing’ old people

      Polly Toynbee
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  • FHH writer’s retreat Honiton, Devon

    Fantasy house hunt
    Writer retreats for sale in England, Scotland and Wales

  • A grand townhouse in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Grand townhouses under £1m for sale in England

    From a four-storey Victorian property on a hillside to a Grade II-listed Georgian home moments from the beach
  • Timber-framed homes nestling in the rugged countryside of the Isle of Harris, Scotland

    Fantasy house hunt
    Eco homes near the sea for sale in Great Britain

    From a Grand Designs-style property nestled underground to a remote timber-framed home on a hillside
  • FHH: sports venues : Wentworth, Surrey (1)

    Fantasy house hunt
    Homes to watch sport from in England

  • A high street studio in fashionable Peckham, London.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Homes under £350,000 for first-time buyers in England

  • A Grade-11 listed cottage on the outskirts of Grantham.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Homes in places with links to politicians

  • An elegant but skinny seafront property in Hythe covering four floors.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Skinny homes for sale in England

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    Factsheet: Travel insurance

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    House prices: what do the different indices show?

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    Factsheet: Buying a home

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    Property
    What can I do about my mortgage now the base rate has been cut?

  • A crescent of terraced houses in Kennington, London

    Mortgages
    What can I do about my mortgage now the base rate has been cut?

    • Consumer affairs
      Our FlixBus to Paris will not be stopping in Paris

    • Pensions
      Insurance boss issues warning over using pensions to drive UK growth

    • Savings
      How will Bank of England interest rate cut affect my finances?

    • Mortgages
      UK homeowners: have you struggled to pay your mortgage?

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