Month: July 2025

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Britain is facing a ‘tsunami’ of pensioner poverty, says Kendall

Minister issues warning at launch of commission to overhaul system of saving for retirement UK…

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Average UK house asking price registers steepest monthly drop for 20 years

Rightmove blames the 1.2% fall in new sellers’ prices on the end of stamp duty…

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UK may back down on demand for backdoor access to Apple users’ encrypted data

Government sources say pressure from Washington, including JD Vance, could lead to Home Office climbdown,…

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Ministers to revive Blair-era Pensions Commission to tackle savings crisis

Revived body will examine future of the retirement system as analysis shows pensioner income is…

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Has Elon Musk built a Nazi chatbot? – podcast

Is the extreme output of X’s AI chatbot Grok shifting the political dial? Chris Stokel-Walker…

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Rental deposit scheme ‘puts millions in the pockets of landlords’

Exclusive: Almost a quarter of tenants have had money withheld unfairly, say campaigners The official…

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Rental fraud: the Facebook and Gumtree scam targeting desperate tenants

Posing as a landlord, fraudsters post adverts for affordable properties to lure victims into parting…

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‘You can make really good stuff – fast’: new AI tools a gamechanger for film-makers

Instead of spending millions and taking years to complete, creative directors are producing high-grade work…

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‘All those posh apartments. It’s a playground for the rich’: is Manchester turning into London?

£6 a pint, £199 a month for gym membership, £1,200 to rent a studio flat?…

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Browsing Rightmove for a rural bolthole? Get ‘the best of the Highlands’ for £9m

Glen Buck estate in Aberchalder has a farmhouse, hydroelectric scheme, 8,900 acres of land and…

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