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      UK labour disputes
      Ministers and unions deadlocked in dispute over NHS pay in England

      Government appears unwilling to meet demands for higher wages in current financial year

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      English magistrates told to halt prepayment meter warrants

      Judge issues guidance to stop forcible installations for vulnerable households as Ofgem investigates energy suppliers

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Education
      Life-long learning at risk in England as enrolment drops due to debt fears

      Institutions warn that flagship skills policy is in jeopardy due to cost of living crisis

    • Saturday, 4 February, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      NHS staff in Wales call off strike after Cardiff boosts pay offer

      GMB and RCN unions suspend action planned for Monday as deal adds to pressure on Sunak

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Mortgages
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      Brokers are predicting that a five-year deal below 4 per cent is coming

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    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Ofgem orders halt to pre-pay meters being forcibly installed

      Energy regulator steps in after reports of agents breaking into the homes of vulnerable British Gas customers

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      UK economic growth
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      Britain likely to be exception to brightening global picture, fund predicts

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      UK companies
      UK company profit warnings up 50% last year

      Combination of rising costs and falling consumer confidence hit British business

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      Estate agent says it will report better than expected profits for last year

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      UK public finances
      UK public sector borrowing more than doubles in December

      Energy support schemes drive up figures as ONS report shows highest borrowing since monthly records began in 1993

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
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      BT, Vodafone and Kingfisher among the few that offered increases above inflation, according to FT analysis

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK energy
      Ofgem warns energy suppliers to help struggling customers or face penalties

      UK regulator to investigate companies forcibly switching households on to prepayment meters

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Ambulance workers in England and Wales to go on strike again

      Health secretary Steve Barclay says NHS will suffer inevitable disruption from walkout

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Health unions in England warn of more strikes unless pay offer improves

      Threat comes ahead of another week of industrial action by nurses, ambulance drivers and rail workers

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      Property sector
      UK mortgage costs rise to highest proportion of income since financial crisis

      Payments for first-time buyers rise to 39% of take-home pay

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      UK universities
      Warning of hardship for English students over size of rise in financial support

      Russell Group of universities hits out at government’s below-inflation increase in maintenance loans

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      Financial Conduct Authority warns on mounting danger of ‘payment shortfall’

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      ‘Mortgage lottery’ to test finances of UK’s middle earners 

      Financial resilience of younger property owners hit by rising cost of borrowing

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Rishi Sunak proposes talks with UK union leaders in effort to halt strikes

      Ministers explore concession over train drivers to try to end protracted industrial action on railways

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      UK house prices
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      Decline of 1.5% comes as rising interest rates and cost of living crisis hit household finances

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