Household bills are set to rise over the next few months… but you can still make savings By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 22:56 BST, 31 March 2020 Customers are being urged to shop around as bills are set to rise over the next few months. … Read more
New York state now has 75,795 cases of coronavirus – an increase of 9,298 since Monday – and 1550 have died, Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed on Tuesday as he admitted ‘no one knows’ when the pandemic will end and said the entire country ‘underestimated it’. Speaking at a wide-ranging press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Cuomo … Read more
April 1 is traditionally known as April Fool’s Day – but millions of households won’t be laughing when they realise it is a day that many bills will rise steeply. It will see council tax, water bills, TV licences and mobile bills, as well as a number of other household bills, rise significantly. Motorists will … Read more
Prosecutions for Blue Badge offences rise 18% as it’s revealed that a third of councils in England DON’T punish those who use permits fraudulently Some 2.29 million motorists in England have a Blue Badge – 4% of all drivers Latest figures show there were 1,432 prosecutions for misuse of the permits Massive 99% of these … Read more
The gold price has hit record highs in several currencies in recent days, including the pound, Canadian dollar, South African rand, and Australian dollar. It has also recovered much of the ground lost in US dollar terms when investors sold heavily to cover losses elsewhere in the market. That selling is now abating, and the … Read more
FTSE 100 falls 2.3% or 128 points to 5,382 as fears global coronavirus lockdowns could last for up to six months – after overall rise of 6% last week due to US Federal Reserve stimulus FTSE 100 index of Britain’s leading firms falls 128 points or 2.3% to 5,382 today Asian shares fell and oil … Read more
Rishi Sunak last night hinted that future taxes will have to rise to pay for the unprecedented economic bailouts for business, workers and the self-employed. Unveiling a huge rescue package for Britain’s army of self-employed workers, the Chancellor said he had set aside economic orthodoxy to deal with the national emergency, but warned that would … Read more
Shares surge on hopes of a Trump rescue: FTSE sees biggest-ever one-day rise index is still down 26% in 22 days of trading By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 01:23 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 01:23 GMT, 25 March 2020 The FTSE 100 index recorded its biggest points gain in history yesterday … Read more
Energy bills set to rise by £340 this year for families forced to work from home due to coronavirus lockdown By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 01:31 GMT, 25 March 2020 Energy bills are set to rise by £340 this year for families forced to work … Read more
Italy’s daily COVID-19 death toll shot back up today, but more evidence emerged that the coronavirus infection rate is slowing thanks to a painful national lockdown. Three weeks into a lockdown restricting movement across the country, Italy’s daily bulletin about its COVID-19 outbreak added thousands more cases, pushing the nation’s overall total to more than … Read more