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Cost of living crisis
Latest news and explainers on energy bills, inflation and much more amid the growing cost of living crisis
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Savers handed £1,000 boost as rates beat inflation
- Savers chasing the best rates on the market could earn over £1,000 in real terms this year as interest rates outpace falling inflation.
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Latest cost of living updates
- BusinessEvening Standard
FTSE 100 Live 26 April: 'Fantastic week' as index hits another record, shock Darktrace deal, Anglo rejects BHP
Darktrace’s three year stay on the London stock market is set to end after the cybersecurity firm backed a £4 billion takeover by a US private equity firm. The developments came as mining giant Anglo American said it had rejected BHP’s “opportunistic” £31 billion bid approach.
- NewsThe Guardian
Humza Yousaf cancels Glasgow speech as speculation grows over political future
Allies of Scottish first minister say he ‘will come out fighting’ after Greens say they would back no confidence motion
- LifestyleThe Independent
Voices: I’m a middle-class shoplifter – and here’s why I’m happy to confess it
COMMENT: Anonymous: I know it’s wrong, but on Monday I nicked some leeks and organic yoghurt from a big-name supermarket (again). Shocking? Definitely. Immoral? Maybe. Illegal? Yes. But here’s how I live with the guilt…
- NewsEvening Standard
London mayor election: Sadiq Khan's lead smallest over Susan Hall since campaigns started, new poll shows
EXCLUSIVE: Savanta survey for the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London puts the Labour mayor on 46 per cent - 13 points ahead of Tory challenger Susan Hall
- BusinessThe Guardian
Barclaycard change could mean much higher interest for some customers
Credit card holders who make minimum repayments warned they could be in debt for years longer
- NewsThe Guardian
Poverty experts tell Labor jobseeker payments should be lifted to 90% of age pension
The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee warn that unemployment benefits are still too low
- NewsThe Telegraph
Scottish Greens to oppose Yousaf in no confidence vote
Alex Salmond’s Alba Party will now decide whether Humza Yousaf is forced to resign as First Minister as the Scottish Greens said they would vote against him in a confidence vote at Holyrood.
- BusinessThe Telegraph
Chris Packham leads protests against Drax over environmental ‘destruction’
Broadcaster Chris Packham joined protesters, including some who had flown in from Mississippi, in demonstrations against power station operator Drax at its London AGM.
- NewsThe Guardian
What was the SNP and Greens’ deal and what happens now it has ended?
Coalition agreement has frustrated many in the SNP who fear the party is losing support by prioritising the wrong issues
- NewsThe Guardian
Humza Yousaf puts SNP on election footing after coalition with Greens collapses
Scottish first minister says scrapping power-sharing deal ‘marks a new beginning for the SNP government’
