Two-child cap is cementing regional poverty, Starmer told
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
‘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
Energy
UK pensioners left on ‘financial cliff edge’ by cuts to winter fuel payments
Water
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
Credit cards
‘My spending limit was slashed by 90%’
Energy bills
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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