DIY investment platform Interactive Investor has revealed its average Isa millionaire account is powered by a much larger weighting towards investment trusts than funds. These bigger accounts have 46 per cent in closed-ended funds on average, with only 7 per cent of their portfolios in their open-ended counterparts. The most widely held trusts are the … Read more
Coronavirus is hitting our financial lives like nothing in modern history. Here, we answer some of the many questions you have raised – on everything from work to home, cars and lifestyle. YOUR WORK…AND YOUR RIGHTS H.A. writes: I work for a restaurant which closed last week and we have all been sent home. When … Read more
London’s Tube trains are packed again today as Sadiq Khan was accused of ‘risking lives’ after he insisted he cannot increase services because one in five staff are already off sick or self-isolating. MailOnline can reveal that during rush hour today some London Underground lines are currently only running one train up to every twenty … Read more
Builders across the UK have said they feel ‘angry and unprotected’ as they continued working on busy construction sites on the first day of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. The government has come under pressure to urgently clarify who it counts as a ‘key worker’ after Britons woke up in a state of confusion over who … Read more
Parents have today been urged to keep their children at home unless ‘absolutely necessary’ as schools were threatened with litigation after rejecting applications and the row over Boris Johnson’s ‘vague’ key workers list rumbled on. Headteachers have been ‘overwhelmed’ with demand for emergency places with education experts estimating that two million pupils – a quarter of … Read more
Tube users were forced to cram into carriages after reduced services for key workers left London transport packed once again amid coronavirus chaos. Mayor Sadiq Khan previously said that the Underground, Overground and Docklands Light Railway Service could be ‘scaled down’ as thousands of commuters work from home. But passengers have been urging him to reconsider as … Read more
Pharmacies are running critically low on key drugs including Paracetamol as Boots warns staff stocks will run out by the end of trading next week The company expects stocks to have run out by the 28th March next week Company memo has warned staff of dwindling supplies in their warehouses Boots will limit sale of all products … Read more
Families and schools are split over who qualifies as key workers during the Pandemic Crisis as headteachers urge parents to keep children away from schools. The Government has published a sweeping list of key workers who are required to keep crucial public services and sectors of Britain’s economy afloat. Divided into eight categories, the list … Read more
Most schools and nurseries will now be open on Monday because the Government’s list of coronavirus key workers is so long with critics questioning why Boris Johnson is shutting them at all today. Experts had predicted that one in ten pupils and nursery children would need places until the Autumn – but experts claim the numbers will … Read more
Confusion over who qualifies as a key worker whose children can stay in school during the coronavirus crisis intensified last night as the government published a list of jobs ranging from doctors to sewerage workers – but then told them to ask their bosses if they were indispensable. Less than 12 hours before schools close … Read more