Mortgage rates: When will UK interest rates fall again?

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Mortgage rates: When will UK interest rates fall again? BBC The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold at 5% in September, but a further cut is expected later

Britons urged to dig out unwanted electricals to tackle copper shortage

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Scientists have called for people to go “urban mining” after a study revealed that old cables, phone chargers and other unused electrical goods thrown away or stored in cupboards or

Affordable housing tax credits set to expire, threatening eviction for thousands of U.S. families

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For more than two decades, the low rent on Marina Maalouf’s apartment in a blocky affordable housing development in Los Angeles’ Chinatown was a saving grace for her family, including

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/08/the-scandal-of-food-waste-and-how-we-can-stop-it

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In traditional societies, little to no food goes to waste. Every edible part of an animal or plant is utilised. Researchers found that the members of a Maasai cattle herding

Oasis ticket sales push UK non-essential spending to highest level this year

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Ticket sales for the Oasis reunion tour helped to increase non-essential spending by British consumers to the highest level this year in September, amid a bumper month for retailers. In

Interest rates could fall more quickly, hints Bank

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Interest rates could fall more quickly, hints Bank Getty Images The Bank of England could cut interest rates more quickly if price rises remain under control, its governor has suggested.

‘Doesn’t feel fair’: young Britons struggle with losing right to work in EU since Brexit

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Growing up near the Peak District in Glossop, Derbyshire, gave 18-year-old Seb Kinsey a passion for geography, geology and the outdoors. After finishing his A-levels this summer, and before heading

UK house prices rise for third month in a row to near record high

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UK house prices climbed for the third month in a row in September to about £100 short of a record high as rising worker pay and falling interest rates helped

Woman has stunt rider job application returned 48 years later

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A woman in Lincolnshire has had her application for her dream job as a stunt rider returned 48 years after applying for the role. Tizi Hodson, 70, from Gedney Hill,

‘It is a lot cheaper for couples’: single people feel penalised on prices

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A few days ago, the Guardian published a reader callout asking how much it costs to be single in the UK. We wanted to know how much single people pay