62 h. ago Labour is staging a pincer movement on your savings, says JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Millions of households are bracing themselves for changes that will reduce their financial resilience and result in them paying higher tax bills.

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7 d. ago How much are YOU overpaying on your energy bills? New calculator reveals how much users could save

Millions of households could be overpaying their energy bills, a new calculator has revealed.

Economics

1 week ago Reduce your Council Tax payment next month without claiming a discount

Nearly half a million households in Scotland are receiving a Council Tax Reduction on their annual bill.

Economics

1 week ago Full list of 27 energy firms offering free £150 payout to millions of households

A host of different energy suppliers are set to offer a £150 discount to millions of households this winter - including OVO and EDF

Economics

1 week ago Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke MP welcomes UK Government’s expansion of Warm Home Discount

Over six million households in the UK will see their energy bills cut by £150 this winter after the UK Government removed restrictions that previously excluded many who needed support, and increased the level of spend available in Scotland for energy suppliers.

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1 week ago Millions of households could pay £38 less a month on council tax bill under new changes

The average band D household would pay approximately £38 less each month if they paid over 12 months instead of ten, according to figures from the the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Economics

1 week ago Full list of requirements to be eligible for Warm Homes Discount this winter

6 million households are due to receive the £150 discount this winter

Events

2 w. ago Gregor Poynton MP welcomes the expansion of the Warm Home Discount, providing an extra 240,000 families in Scotland with money off their energy bills.

The UK Labour Government has confirmed that an extra 2.7 million households will receive £150 off their energy bills next winter to ensure that families across the UK stay warm this winter.

Society

2 w. ago DWP Warm Home Discount eligibility as millions to get extra £150

The Warm Home Discount will be extended to 2.7 million more households this year

Economics

2 w. ago Quarter of a million more Scots households to receive £150 energy bills discount

Some 240,000 more families in Scotland will be eligible for the Warm Home Discount.

Economics

2 w. ago Warm Home Discount explained as 2.7million households set for £150 energy help

In new plans confirmed this week, an extra 2.7 million households will be entitled to the Warm Home Discount this winter - this would increase the number of eligible people to over six million

Economics

2 w. ago Universal Credit pay rises for millions of households confirmed in new DWP plan

Almost four million households will receive an income boost to their Universal Credit standard allowance every year for the next four years

Economics

2 w. ago Government widens £150 energy bill discount to include 2.7 million more households

The changes remove some restrictions on eligibility and mean every bill payer on means-tested benefits will qualify.

Economics

2 w. ago How you could save £150 on your energy bills after discounts are rolled out to 2.7 million new households

The changes remove some restrictions on eligibility and mean every bill payer on means-tested benefits will qualify

Economics

2 w. ago Warm home discount to be extended to 2.7 million more households

This brings the number of households eligible for the warm home discount up to just over 6 million.

Society

3 w. ago Millions of households warned to dry bedding inside this week

Hanging bed sheets on the line can affect some people's health, especially today

Events

3 w. ago UK households rush to 'hold physical cash' as warning issued to millions

Households are seeking a safety net in time of global volatility, according to the Bank of England's chief cashier

Events

3 w. ago Why is sorry the hardest word? Keir Starmer joins Rachel Reeves in refusing to apologise for Labour's winter fuel chaos

The Prime Minister insisted it was 'the right decision' to originally axe the handouts, worth up to £300 a household, for around 10 million retirees last winter.

Events

3 w. ago Tesco makes major change to how it sells bananas in store for 'four days extra'

An estimated one million bananas are binned by UK households every day because they have gone off

Politics

3 w. ago Art for Everybody review – the dark side of Thomas Kinkade, ‘painter of light’

The extraordinarily popular painter of kitsch American scenes struggled with addiction and depression, as this documentary with access to his previously unseen works showsYou won’t find the works of Thomas Kinkade lining the walls of the Museum of Modern Art, yet the painter, who died in 2012, is one of the best-selling artists in history and his paintings hang in tens of millions of American households. Kinkade’s typical subjects – rustic landscapes, sleepy cottages, quaint gazebos – bask in an idyllic calm, a luminous callback to a fabled simpler past. Turning to his unpublished archive, Miranda Yousef’s engrossing documentary portrait unveils the dark shadows that lurked within the self-titled “painter of light”.Through interviews with family members, close collaborators and critics, as well as Kinkade’s own words, the film traces his meteoric success in the 1980s and 90s. Shunned by the art world, he marketed his works through home-shopping television channels and a network of f...

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