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March 2023

Home owning still cheaper than renting overall but difference reduced study

The cost of a mortgage on a first home is typically around £42 per month cheaper than renting, but the difference has reduced and in some parts of the UK renting may be the less expensive option, analysis suggests. First-time buyers could typically pay around £971 per month for a three-bedroom home, while renters would […]

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Chancellor set to deliver back to work Budget amid push for growth

It is one of a number of announcements to be made in the Commons on Wednesday Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will pledge to tackle labour shortages and get people back to work when he delivers his Budget on Wednesday. Announcements on energy bill support, benefits reform and pensions allowances are all expected to form part of

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Putting vapes in plain packaging reduces their appeal to children

The findings come in a new study by experts from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London and Action on Smoking and Health Putting vapes in plain packaging reduces their appeal to children and could even stop them taking up vaping in the first place, a major new study has found.

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250 million sewage penalties too high says Environment Agency chairman

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, said penalties of £10-20 million would be more appropriate   The Environment Agency (EA) should not be issuing penalties of £250 million to water companies who dump sewage, its chairman has said. Speaking to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Alan Lovell said penalties of £10-20 million would

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GP who ran clinic for trans patients awaits ruling after challenging suspension

Helen Webberley who founded GenderGP, was found to have committed serious misconduct by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel in June 2022   A GP who ran an online clinic for transgender patients is waiting for a High Court judge’s ruling after challenging a tribunal decision to impose a two-month suspension. Helen Webberley, founder of

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NatWest limits cryptocurrency payments amid scam concerns

The bank says the cost-of-living crisis is also having an impact, with promises of high returns used by criminals to entice investors NatWest is imposing cryptocurrency payment limits amid concerns over rising numbers of scams. The cost-of-living crisis is also having an impact, with promises of high returns used by criminals to entice investors, the

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Minister withdraws claim Chinese company attempted to hack NHS database in 2014

Science minister George Freeman had claimed that NHS datastore Genomics England was suffering attacks in 2014   A minister has withdrawn claims that a Chinese company made multiple attempts to hack into the NHS’s genetic database in 2014, with critics describing the official correction as “alarming”. Science minister George Freeman had claimed that NHS datastore

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Ofgem takes action against suppliers which have failed to follow the rules

The energy regulator says it has examined whether suppliers were living up to their duties under the Government’s energy support scheme for businesses. Ofgem has started proceedings against a number of business energy suppliers as it found that more than half have work to do to show they are following the rules. The energy regulator

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