1 hour ago Council tax band: how to check my council tax bands online for bill reduction or pay discount

April’s bill hikes are coming – but one simple check could save you money 💸

Economics

5 h. ago When is YOUR Bills Freedom Day? Online calculator reveals the date you'll need to work until this year to pay off all your bills

The average UK worker will have earned enough money by March 1 to pay off all of their domestic bills for 2024, not including rent, mortgages or food.

Economics

45 h. ago ‘Every yellow lid is like a box of chocolates’: the Sydney retirees fossicking in bins to pay the bills

Early mornings, razor-like broken window panes, private property restrictions and territorial fellow recycling collectors – it’s all in a day’s work for a growing cohort of elderly AustraliansGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiz Lee peers into a recycling bin, laughs and slams the lid shut.The 79-year-old has struck gold: the bin is three-quarters full of empty cans, each representing a 10 cent refund at recycling collection points. She reopens the bin and reaches in, passing each can to her friend, Julie Griffin, 63. Continue reading...

Economics

48 h. ago It might be a small consolation, but Elon Musk is getting poorer by the day | John Naughton

As his goons root through the innards of the US government, Tesla sales are plummeting, the cars are being defaced and owners are ashamedExtreme wealth has always played a role in democracies. Money has always talked, especially in the US. Years ago, Lawrence Lessig, the great legal scholar, calculated that most of the campaign funding for members of Congress and aspiring politicians came from one-twentieth of the richest 1% of Americans – about 150,000 people. This is about the same number as those who are named “Lester” and explains the title of his book: The USA Is Lesterland.But that particular corruption of American politics only involved billionaires like the Koch brothers playing organ-grinders to congressional monkeys. The obscene wealth generated by the tech industry has catapulted a new organ-grinder into the heart of the machine. He was able to pay his way in with a spare quarter of a billion dollars that he happened to have lying around. And now the wretched citizens of ...

Politics

4 d. ago Rep. Joe Wilson wants to put Donald Trump’s face on $250 bill in latest Republican attempt to pay tribute to the president

Republican lawmaker says he wants to introduce the ‘most valuable bill for [the] most valuable president’

Politics

5 d. ago Trump pits immigrants against other working people. But we have a common enemy | Alejandra Gomez and Greisa Martínez Rosas

Billionaires have sown a myth that citizens are losing at the expense of undocumented people. The real solution is to empower all workersOver the last few years, we have witnessed some leaders of the Democratic party retreat from delivering bold policies that would address people’s struggles and aspirations, from a pathway to citizenship for all to a higher federal minimum wage, in favor of Republican-light talking points about the border and those seeking asylum – which only eroded trust with the American people.Right now, 60% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck. Families are drowning in debt, whether it be from trying to pay for unaffordable childcare, exorbitant student loans, costly medical bills, or months of missed rent payments. Homelessness has skyrocketed. Millions are struggling to survive another day and are penny-pinching to be able to afford rent and groceries, while billions of our taxpayer dollars are being spent on turbocharging mass abductions of our neigh...

Events

6 d. ago Find out how much more you'll pay from April with our energy bill calculator

All UK energy bills are to rise again from April as Ofgem hikes price cap

Economics

6 d. ago Wrestler tears bicep and begs for help to pay them to pay 'crippling medical bill'

TNA wrestler Jake Something said he has been left with 'crippling' medical bills after he had to have surgery on a torn bicep - Jake has now set up a GoFundMe page

Economics

6 d. ago Wrestler tears bicep and begs for help to pay 'crippling medical bill'

TNA wrestler Jake Something said he has been left with 'crippling' medical bills after he had to have surgery on a torn bicep - Jake has now set up a GoFundMe page

Economics

7 d. ago Can I pay less when we go out for dinner because I'm vegetarian? VICKY REYNAL

I'm vegetarian and fed up with always having to share the bill equally with my friends when we eat out at a restaurant. Mine is always the cheapest dish but it feels petty to ask to pay less.

Politics

9 d. ago Billionaire brothers who 'invented Facebook' pay £3.5m to be owners of Non

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who claim to have come up with the idea for Facebook and have made billions in cryptocurrency, have become co-owners of eighth-tier side Real Bedford

Economics

9 d. ago How much more you'll pay as Ofgem energy price cap to rise to highest level since January 2024

The exact amount you pay can vary based on your region, how you pay your bill, and the type of meter you have

Economics

1 week ago 'Enough is enough' in Peak District towns plagued by parking chaos as up to 200 cars try to cram into beauty spot

It's local residents 'who are left footing the bill having to pay for car parks, waste services and toilets'

Events

1 week ago Arizona lawmakers ready ‘bounty’ bill that would pay police agencies $2,500 for every migrant deported

Proposal comes as some states seek stepped-up immigration powers to support Trump deportation agenda

Economics

1 week ago Artists having to take on several other jobs to pay the bills – Arts Council

Roisín McDonough also warned a Stormont Committee of hemorrhaging talent.

Economics

1 week ago Holly Willoughby faces new court battle as her media company is ordered to pay eye

Holly Willoughby is said to be facing a fresh court battle as her media company is dragged to court over an outstanding tax bill.

Events

1 week ago Playboy model left homeless and living in £60 tent after struggling to pay bills

Louise Glover, 41, from St Helen's now lives at a campsite in Berkshire after being unable to afford her landlord's rent hike, despite once being named Model of the Year

Economics

1 week ago British Gas sending letters to 600,000 customers as households urged to respond

The major energy firm is extending its "You Pay We Pay" initiative, which matches customers' energy debt repayments to help them pay off their bills quicker - or prevent energy debt overall

Society

1 week ago Brit who had heart attack on holiday faces jail if she doesn't pay £22k hospital bill

Collette Robinson, 58, suffered a heart attack while staying at a luxury four star hotel, but her holiday hell got even worse when hospital bosses demanded £22,000 before she could go home

Economics

1 week ago SNP need to get an urgent grip of huge public sector pay bill

With higher numbers of people working in the public sector and higher wages, Scotland’s public purse is under pressure

Economics