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- The Telegraph
New coin featuring King Charles enters circulation
The first coins featuring the head of King Charles III enter circulation today, the Royal Mint has confirmed.
- The Telegraph
Smaller stocks haven’t been this cheap since 2008 – and this fund picks the best ones
It has been a painful year for investors in Britain’s smaller listed companies as the weak pound, political instability, high inflation and the prospect of a lengthy economic slump combined to create a perfect storm.
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Homeowners allowed to go ‘interest-only’ as regulator relaxes mortgage rules
Homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage bills will be able to switch to interest-only deals without a formal repayment plan under new plans to help borrowers through the cost of living crisis.
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Your Christmas shopping rights explained: From returns and refunds to faulty or disappointing gifts
Whether buying a gift for your work Secret Santa, or masking your reaction while unwrapping a hideous jumper from your mum, negotiating Christmas gifts can be a festive minefield.
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How the rise of work from home created a Wild West rental market
Britain’s rental market has become a Wild West of bidding wars, desperate tenants and soaring prices. And new analysis suggests that it stems from the rise of working from home.
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‘I feel stuck and hopeless’: Britain’s cost of living crisis morphs into a health emergency
Jenny Blyth, 35, has been financially independent her whole adult life and for the past eight years has run a successful small business, Storm in a Teacup Gifts. But this year she was forced to ask her parents for a loan.
The TelegraphHow to beat the great broadband price rise
If you look at your broadband contract, you might find an unpleasant surprise buried in the small print. Most big-name providers include a clause that lets them raise their prices every year, generally by a few percentage points above the rate of inflation.
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House prices fall at the fastest rate since 2008
House prices have fallen at the fastest rate since 2008, dropping by almost £7,000 in one month.
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Cold snap to cost households £10 a day in heating bills
Households will pay more than £10 a day heating their homes when sub-zero temperatures sweep Britain this week, pushing older people into “untenable positions”, experts have warned.
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Supermarkets raise 'basics' prices faster than premium brands
Britain’s biggest supermarkets have ramped up prices of their basic food ranges faster than their premium products, an investigation by the consumer champion Which? has found.
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Government to miss affordable homes target by tens of thousands
The Government will miss its affordable house building target by tens of thousands of homes, according to a report published days after the Prime Minister backed down on planning reforms.
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This once good company has created two great ones – investors should own both
Market noise has been loud this year and it has been difficult for investors to look beyond the hysteria whipped up by their peers to focus on information and fundamentals. Sentiment has also been highly changeable, which has led to volatile stock prices that in many cases materially diverge from underlying business valuations.
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Shop smart and cut costs: Get 72 soft and quilted loo rolls for just £22.99
With 30% off, it's a deal too good to miss.
- The Telegraph
Fifth of investment adverts on Facebook are misleading, Which? Finds
A fifth of investment adverts on social media sites Facebook and Instagram have been accused of being misleading and risk costing savers thousands of pounds.
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Four stocks investors should own this Christmas
This year has been a brutal year for the stock market, but December could bring investors some seasonal cheer.
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Ban debt collectors from bombarding households, warns Martin Lewis
Martin Lewis has urged the Government to stop debt collectors from harassing households over missed payments.
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This stock made 120pc the first time we tipped it – should we tempt fate and tip it again?
There are three reasons risk-averse investors can look away now, or at least skip to the bottom of this column. First, we are looking at a small, even “micro-cap” stock. Second, it is a turnaround play and the danger with such investments is that they may fail to turn around. Finally, it is a return visit to a share previously traded with some success (we said buy in 2017 and sell the following year at a 120pc profit), which may just be tempting providence.
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Two-year mortgage deals fall below 6pc
Average two-year mortgage deals have dropped below 6pc for the first time in almost nine weeks but borrowers still face spending around £10,000 more on home loans than last year.
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Councils charge double for car parking in latest raid on drivers
Drivers risk seeing car parking charges double as local councils raise prices in their latest attack on motorists.
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Midlifers stuck renting as number of tenancies soars 70pc
Hundreds of thousands of midlifers have been sentenced to a lifetime of renting, a new report has warned, after a 70pc rise in the number of tenants in their 40s, 50s and 60s.
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Money Makeover: ‘I’m bad with money – how do I invest my £176k inheritance?’
By her own admission, Eliza Flynn is useless with money. So when a £176,000 inheritance landed in her bank account after her mother died, she put it into a current account, where it remains.
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We were shot at exploring the Blue Nile. ‘We come in peace and have Mars bars’, I shouted
Col John Blashford-Snell CBE, 86, is a former British Army officer and a renowned explorer and author. He has led more than 100 expeditions, including the first ever descent of the Ethiopian Blue Nile (1968), the first vehicle crossing of the Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia (1971‑72) and the navigation of almost all 2,700 miles of the Zaire (now Congo) River in Africa (1974‑75).
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Where the property boom is bursting the fastest
The Cotswolds was one of the most in-demand areas once the property market reopened for business in early summer 2020.
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Investors should buy this bargain while everyone else worries about interest rates
Long-term investors sometimes forget the huge advantage they have over their less patient counterparts. While short-termist investors obsess about how high interest rates will rise in the coming months and fret about whether inflation has peaked, patient investors can simply buy high-quality stocks and wait for them to come good.
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Why you have a one in 33 chance of getting help to cut your energy bill
A new scheme to help households cut energy bills and push Britain towards net zero will help just 3pc of those who could benefit and is vastly underfunded, experts have warned.
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In pictures: how undelivered post is piling up in Royal Mail depots
Christmas post is already starting to pile up in delivery centres across the country, as Royal Mail workers prepare to launch a fresh wave of strikes this month.