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The happiest place to live in the UK has just been revealed
Skipton, North Yorkshire has just been crowned the happiest place to live in the UK. It’s the market town’s first ever win in the annual Rightmove Happy at Home Index, and it beat well over 200 other areas to take the top spot. The index is now in its 14th edition, and this year’s results
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The State Pension Age Could Jump To 68 Seven Years Early
If you’re in your late 40s or early 50s, there’s a good chance the age you’ll get your state pension just moved. Not officially, not yet. But probably. Here’s the short version. The law currently says the state pension age rises from 67 to 68 sometime between 2044 and 2046. But the Treasury has quietly
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A Full-Time Minimum Wage Job Won’t Cover A One-Bed Flat In Almost Any Part Of Britain
Imagine working full-time, every week of the year, and still not earning enough to rent a one-bedroom flat on your own. For millions of people on the minimum wage, that is not a worst case. It is the everyday maths. The gap between the lowest legal wage and the cost of renting has grown so
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Young People Could Be Offered £12,500 To Buy A Home In Exchange For A Year Of Their Pension
Imagine being handed £12,500 today to help buy your first home. Now imagine the price is working a year longer before your state pension kicks in. Would you take it? That is the trade-off at the heart of a new idea doing the rounds, and it has people talking. A think tank called the Social
Five Things Worth Doing Before The July Energy Price Rise
Energy bills are going up again from 1 July. Not by a small amount either. Ofgem has confirmed the price cap is rising 13%, which translates to roughly £221 more a year for a typical household, or an extra £18 a month. Gas bills are jumping 24%. Electricity bills are up 5%. And forecasters at
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Revealed: The Annual Mileage Where Car Insurance Gets Cheaper
Here’s something that feels completely backwards. You’d assume the less you drive, the less you pay for car insurance. Less time on the road, less risk, smaller bill. Makes sense. New MoneySuperMarket data says it doesn’t quite work like that. And the gap is big enough to be worth understanding. So What Does The Data
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