Pay packets are smaller than they were in 2008 in most local authority areas in the UK, according to analysis by the Trades Union Congress,…
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Young country diary: What’s that droning noise coming from the river? | Anna
I love going back to the same riverside path at the edge of the city. It’s so familiar, but thanks to nature no visit is…
View More Young country diary: What’s that droning noise coming from the river? | AnnaUK tax: ‘HMRC harassed me for money I had paid weeks earlier’
The letter, dated 18 January 2024, came from a company called Advantis. “Dear Mr Simon Hattenstone,” it said, “Contact us about your unpaid HM Revenue…
View More UK tax: ‘HMRC harassed me for money I had paid weeks earlier’‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled
Doctors have begun trialling in hundreds of patients the world’s first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma, as experts hailed its “gamechanging” potential to permanently…
View More ‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialledBritish succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wild
A furious row has blown up in the UK’s leading succulent society over the practice of taking desirable specimens from the wild, with the chair…
View More British succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wildExotic spiders flourishing in Britain as new jumping species found in Cornwall
Some are small and jumpy; others are large and intimidating – if you’re a humble housefly. Exotic spiders are flourishing in Britain as international trade…
View More Exotic spiders flourishing in Britain as new jumping species found in CornwallHow the overseas owners of the UK’s water companies clean up by polluting our rivers | George Monbiot
So that’s how they do it. I’d been wondering how, when more sewage has been entering our rivers than ever before, some of the water…
View More How the overseas owners of the UK’s water companies clean up by polluting our rivers | George MonbiotBarclaycard change could mean much higher interest for some customers
Some Barclaycard customers who only make the minimum repayment each month will take an extra decade to clear their debt and pay hundreds of pounds…
View More Barclaycard change could mean much higher interest for some customersUK ‘helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine’ via loophole on refined oil imports
The UK has been accused of “helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine” by continuing to import record amounts of refined oil from countries…
View More UK ‘helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine’ via loophole on refined oil importsEngland childcare scheme may struggle to deliver places, finds ‘damning’ report
The deployment of the government’s childcare scheme to tens of thousands more families is facing “significant uncertainties” and may struggle to meet its own targets,…
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