33 h. ago Martin Lewis' MSE suggests using kitchen staple on windows to cut heating bills

As Britain braces for another winter of brutal bills, Martin Lewis’ MoneySavingExpert has offered an eyebrow-raising tactic for cash-strapped households: wrapping your windows in clingfilm.

Politics

59 h. ago Walmart raises profit expectations as more Americans hunt deals in sluggish economy

Walmart delivered another standout quarter, posting strong sales and profits that blew past Wall Street expectations as it wins over more cash-strapped Americans who have grown increasing anxious about the economy

Economics

4 d. ago Go out and grit your own roads, taxpayers told: Homeowners given salt, hi

A growing number of councils are handing out free salt, hi-vis vests and snow shovels to householders, encouraging them to help clear pavements.

Economics

5 d. ago Freedom Pass: £372m cost of London travel freebie that Kirstie Allsopp says is 'bankrupting the country'

Cost of providing free travel for 1.2m pensioners could reach £500m a year, cash-strapped councils warn

Economics

5 d. ago Revealed: £372m cost of London travel freebie that Kirstie Allsopp says is 'bankrupting the country'

Cost of providing free travel for 1.2m pensioners could reach £500m a year, cash-strapped councils warn

Economics

8 d. ago This is how much more your favourite drink will cost if Rachel Reeves hikes booze tax in Budget

Bad news for cash-strapped boozers as the prices of drinks is set to take a hike from February after Reeves' brutal Budget, with a bottle of whisky planned to increase by 50p

Economics

1 week ago Francis Ford Coppola gives up Belize island lease after Megalopolis box office failure

Veteran filmmaker leased Coral Caye island for nine years

Events

2 w. ago ‘This is a highly unusual and very serious situation’ – Sole remaining director at SPFL crisis club gives grim statement

HAMILTON ACCIES don't have their problems to seek right now. The cash-strapped League One outfit are playing their football away from their home town, and sitting back in seventh in the league after a fresh points deduction and fine last month saw them drop off the top of the table. And when former Celtic chief...

Events

2 w. ago Glasgow council paying for homeless refugees to stay in 50 hotels as city reaches 'breaking point'

EXCLUSIVE: The cash-strapped SNP administration in Glasgow has confirmed a near 260 per cent rise in refugees being placed in hotels and B&Bs across the city.

Society

2 w. ago Squid Game: The Challenge season two review – nothing you see here is OK

Cash-strapped people forced to do shameful things because they’re desperate for money? How can this rot be real? If I recreated the idea in my local park, I’d surely end up in prisonThere’s missing the point, and then there’s Netflix making its capitalism-skewing Korean hit about a ruthless contest into an actual gameshow. The producers of Squid Game: The Challenge have previously denied that’s what happened here, stating that, in fact, the series is also about camaraderie and how people work under pressure, and is, I quote, “a critique of how we are ingrained from childhood to be ultra-competitive”. Come on – it’s a reality show about people doing humiliating things because they’re desperate for money, based on a drama about people doing humiliating things because they’re desperate for money. If I rounded up a load of debt-ridden people and recreated Squid Game: The Challenge in my local park, I’m pretty sure I’d be put in prison.The thing about Squid Game: The Challenge that makes...

Politics

3 w. ago Strapped for cash: why Francis Ford Coppola is flogging his watches

Megalopolis’s grand self-funded folly has left the director at least $85m out of pocket, so he needs a helping handThe bad news for Francis Ford Coppola is that he made Megalopolis at exactly the wrong time. A long, pretentious, semi-coherent arthouse film about progress through architecture, starring Jon Voight’s erection and a man who can stop time for no apparent reason, was probably always going to struggle to make money.But to make it for over $100m of his own money and release it in 2024, in an age where the bulk of the public have largely given up on visiting the cinema, was disastrous. Its box office gross, in the end, was just $14.4m. For comparison, that puts it roughly in line with the gross of a French language biopic about Charles Aznavour released the same year. But that film cost four times less, didn’t open in any English-speaking countries and wasn’t about the proposed construction of a glowing golden city. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago Trump economic guru Hassett offers blunt advice to federal workers going without paychecks during government shutdown

National Economic Council director suggests cash-strapped workers can access loans from employee credit unions

Economics