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Rishi Sunak reveals fresh £13bn bailout pot to head off a jobs bloodbath

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Rishi’s new bailout  Firms in Tier 2 lockdown eligible for £2,100-a-month grants, potentially benefiting 150,000 businesses. If there is full take-up it could cost £1.2billion. Job Support Scheme changed so employers pay just 5 per cent of unworked hours – down from a third – and the minimum threshold for hours worked will be one day … Read more

Hans and Julia Rausing add another £18m to the pot

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Hans and Julia Rausings’ funding for charities hit by coronavirus pandemic tops £34m as they add another £18m to the pot Hans and Julia Rausing have almost doubled a multi-million-pound fund  In July they said they were providing £10 million for small and medium charities Figure is in addition to the £16.5 million emergency fund they donated … Read more

Why you may have to be 60 to access your pension pot in future

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Hard-up workers could end up only being able to access their pension pot cash from the age of 60 in future, experts have told This is Money. On Thursday, the Government confirmed that from 2028 the age at which people can access their pension money will rise from 55 to 57. This means anyone currently … Read more

Woolworths cheat’s curried sausage pot pie recipe is a must for busy households

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A family dinner with FOUR ingredients: This simple ‘cheat’s’ curried sausage pot pie recipe is a must for busy households Home cooks can create curried sausage pot pies using just four ingredients Woolworths has shared the no-fuss recipe to help shoppers prepare easy meals The dish requires sausages, recipe base sauce, frozen vegetables and potatoes … Read more

Experts will keep Chancellor’s £4.1bn training pot from crooks

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Ministers pledge ‘robust measures’ to prevent Chancellor’s £4.1bn for training being plundered by bogus providers By Dan Atkinson, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 22:12 BST, 18 July 2020 Ministers have pledged ‘robust measures’ to prevent the Chancellor’s £4.1billion for training being plundered by bogus providers.  Acknowledging misuse of … Read more

Camilla takes the sting out of ageing with a fully vegan £64 pot of nettle ‘Botox’

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Camilla takes the sting out of ageing – with a fully vegan £64 pot of nettle ‘Botox’ that tricks the skin into thinking it has been stung The Duchess of Cornwall is using a moisturiser dubbed an alternative to Botox The Nettle Venom, priced at £64 a bottle, tricks the skin by forcing it into repair   … Read more

Should you put all your pensions in one pot? 

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Thousands of savers have used their time in lockdown to get their old pension pots working for them again. Pension platforms have reported a rise in people taking control of how their savings are invested. Interactive Investor recorded a 44 per cent increase in savers transferring retirement money into its self-invested personal pension (Sipp) this … Read more