19 h. ago My girlfriend and I have outgrown our one bed flat: Can we move our mortgage to a bigger home without triggering a penalty?

My partner and I can afford a bigger home as our salaries have increased but we are also worried about triggering an early repayment charge on our mortgage.

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33 h. ago Ministers meet mortgage lenders to discuss plans to hand out bigger loans

Ministers are meeting mortgage lenders today to discuss plans to make it easier for people to get in the housing ladder, including by handing them bigger mortgages.

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2 w. ago Amorim tells Manchester United to ‘grow up’ while Fernandes says referee triggered penalty miss

Smith Rowe goal denies visitors first win‘We scored then we forgot how we play’Ruben Amorim said his team need to “grow up” after Emile Smith Rowe’s equaliser for Fulham held Manchester United to a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage. The problem, according to United’s manager, was his team trying to shut up shop after scoring their second‑half opener via a Rodrigo Muniz own goal.“I think we scored the goal and then we forgot about how we play,” Amorim said of his United side, who remain winless from their opening two games. They were well matched by an impressive Fulham. “We want to win so badly, and that is a good feeling. We scored a goal and everyone on the pitch was thinking: ‘Let’s hold on to the advantage and try to win the game.’ Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Manchester United: Bruno Fernandes reveals moment that 'triggered' him before penalty miss in Fulham draw

United captain spurned a big chance to break the deadlock at Craven Cottage

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2 w. ago Freddie Starr died 'penniless and estranged from his six children' as stranger stepped in to bring his body home from Spain and foot funeral bill

Freddie Starr is said to have died 'penniless' and estranged from his six children after moving to a one-bed flat on the Costa Del Sol where he risked becoming homeless.

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3 w. ago ‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic

Richard Blair on the role his mother played in developing the 1945 political fable – and how it nearly didn’t get publishedAs the second world war reached its height, the winter of 1943-4 was one of the coldest of the century. My parents were living in a poorly heated flat in Kilburn, north-west London. My mother was working at the Ministry of Food. She was deeply involved in BBC Radio’s Kitchen Front which tried to help people conjure nutritious meals from their rations. My father became literary editor of Tribune magazine in November 1943. He was only required in the office three days a week, which gave him the time to write Animal Farm.Every evening, my father would read what he’d written to my mother under heavy blankets in bed. It was the only warm place in the flat. They would discuss the developing story and where it might go next. Lettice Cooper, the novelist and my mother’s Ministry of Food colleague, remembered my mother updating them every morning...

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4 w. ago 'Fully furnished studio flat' that is actually a shed with room for only a bed and sofa

The property is available to rent for 1,100 a month, not far from the local average for a one bed home

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