DWP benefits claimant makes 50p error and is shocked at what she’s told over phone | Personal Finance | Finance
A single mum was left aghast after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) demanded she repay £11,000 for exceeding her benefit’s earnings limit by as little as 50p a week. Karina Moon, aged 62, faced the daunting prospect of repaying a hefty sum of £11,292.75 in Carer’s Allowance or risk being charged with fraud. She recounted More...
Superdry launches £10m turnaround plan to see off threat of insolvency | City & Business | Finance
Superdry will fall into administration unless shareholders back his three year, multi-million pound turnaround plan for the struggling fashion chain, chief executive Julian Dunkerton warns. Dunkerton’s plan More...
Car buyers could be saving £1,500 when purchasing popular models due to sales boom | Personal Finance | Finance
A surge in the availability of second hand cars, including a flood of cheaper used electric vehicles, is driving a sales boom. The number of used cars sold in 2023 was up some 350,000 on the year before, according More...
DWP state pensioner secures £1,000 in back-payments – check if you’re owed money | Personal Finance | Finance
A state pensioner who had to do battle with three Government departments to secure her owed back-payments is receiving £1,000. Express.co.uk previously spoke to the 90-year-old and her family, as she was one More...
House prices crisis means one in five can’t buy first home until this age | Personal Finance | Finance
One in five first-time buyers in the UK don’t think they will be able to buy until at least their forties, new research has found. A shocking 20 percent of Brits will be left without their own first home into More...
Premium Bonds update issued as NS&I explains how to add old certificates to accounts | Personal Finance | Finance
NS&I has issued an update to explain how to add old Premium Bonds to an account. A customer contacted the savings giant over X to ask: “I have found some older Premium Bond certs of mine that I previously More...
UK firms relying more on overseas markets for sales growth | Personal Finance | Finance
A survey has found that more UK businesses are turning to international markets for sales growth, as they grapple with challenging economic conditions domestically and post-Brexit trade barriers. According to More...
UK’s most expensive streets where home sellers’ price tags are highest this year | Personal Finance | Finance
Cadogan Square in central London was among Rightmoves top five streets where home-sellers asking prices have typically been highest this year so far (Ian West/PA) (Image: PA Archive/PA Images) This year, More...
Interest rates cut could be on the cards as BoE ‘takes note’ of key development | Personal Finance | Finance
The Bank of England may be persuaded to drop interest rates could drop this summer as the unemployment rate has risen. The unemployment rate was at 4.2 percent in the latest figures, with total unemployment More...
Wage growth outstripping inflation at strongest rate in years in boost to UK economy | Personal Finance | Finance
Rishi Sunak insists UK economy ‘on the right track’ Wages are rising faster than the cost of living at the strongest level for nearly two and half years. The new figures, which come from the Office for More...
