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Poor building standards add £1,000 to energy bills of new homes, analysis finds

About £5bn more spent than if rules for low-carbon new-builds had not been scrapped in…

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Wealthy Britons avoiding more tax than thought, spending watchdog says

NAO reports £1.9bn tax gap for wealthy individuals and urges ministers to redouble efforts to…

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Edinburgh tops list as US housebuyers eye a UK home

US inquiries at eight-year high with Glasgow also in top 10, estate agents say Inquiries…

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Default rate for energy bill direct debits hit record high last month, says ONS

Figures show households struggling as more than 2.7% of direct debits for gas and electricity…

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Australian girl, 11, sexually abused by stranger after adding him to get Snapchat points

Then 23-year-old Jai Clapp was added to the girl’s Snapchat using the Quick Add feature…

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Largest US crypto exchange says cost of recent cyber-attack could reach $400m

Hackers paid overseas Coinbase employees for account data; company is offering $20m reward for information…

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TikTok breached EU advertising transparency laws, commission says

Company could face fine of 6% of annual turnover if European Commission’s preliminary verdict is…

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Trump says he has a ‘little problem’ with Tim Cook over Apple’s India production

President rebukes tech firm after reports it will switch assembly of iPhones for US market…

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MPs call for increased protections for vulnerable benefit claimants

Commons committee recommends independent scrutiny of failures and legal duty to safeguard those at most…

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London dominates England’s social mobility league with top 20 places

Sutton Trust ‘opportunity index’ measured factors such as children on free school meals passing key…

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