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‘Stay the f*** home!’ New online manifesto urges people to stay indoors at all costs and claims governments are not doing enough to tackle the coronavirus crisis Florian Reifschneider, 29, started website last weekend in a bid to stop infection 12-point manifesto that is written in 12 languages encouraging staying indoors Mr Reifschneider started website … Read more
A rush of over-75s claiming pension credit to keep their free TV licences is set to cost the Government £600million a year, This is Money can reveal. An estimated 300,000 more people have successfully applied for the traditionally underclaimed benefit since the BBC announced it was axing the licence fee perk for all but the … Read more
Investment firm M&G launches voluntary redundancy programme to slash costs as profits slump M&G said the redundancies should help it cut costs by 10% It saw investors withdraw £7.5bn from its fund management arm last year That has helped send the firm’s profits tumbling 29 per cent to £1.15bn This is its first full set of … Read more
Asda kicks off new petrol price war by slashing the cost of a litre by 2p to 114.7p amid oil standoff between Saudi Arabia and Russia that sent the FTSE 100 tumbling to its worst day since the 2008 crash Prices have tanked across the world due to oil war between Saudi and Russia Asda … Read more
Training ‘ghost’ teachers who NEVER take up posts in state schools costs the taxpayer up to £123million Almost one-in-ten teachers trained with bursary don’t take up state school posts Figures show more than 11,000 ‘ghost trainees’ changed their mind on teaching Trainees for subjects such as physics are eligible for bursaries up to £26,000 By … Read more
Wizz Air unveils plans to slash routes, cut costs and freeze recruitment as becomes latest airline to see bookings plunge amid coronavirus fears Airline said it will reduce flights from March 11 to countries affected by the virus It said a task force has been set up to ‘address financial implications of Covid-19’ The measures … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s security costs won’t be paid by Canadian taxpayers and current financial support will end within weeks, police say The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been protecting the couple and Archie Protection will cease in weeks as the pair officially step back from royal duties Comes after weeks of speculations that … Read more
This is the world’s first 3D printed hypercar. Called the Czinger 21C, just 80 will be made with each one commanding a purchase price of $1.7million. That’s not cheap. But it’s also no small-scale project with visions of grandeur being hashed out in a shed with an Epson and a donor engine. Built at its … Read more
Inflation SOARS to 1.8% – its highest level in six months – driven by an increase in petrol prices while energy bill and flights remain expensive at the start of 2020 The Consumer Price Index increased 0.5% from 1.3% to 1.8% in January Caused by higher prices at the pump and airfares falling by less … Read more
Only a third of people in low income household with consumer debt have enough spare cash for an emergency, a new study has found. The Resolution Foundation says that consumer debt among poorer households has risen the fastest among any income group, with the proportion rising by nine percentage points. This group has become more exposed … Read more