All news by author: Graham Hiscott
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UK facing year-long recession if interest rates increase again, experts warn
Economists at Bloomberg are expecting a 'shallow' recession as the Bank of England puts up interest rates - but the experts believe this will likely by over by next year's election
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Buying groceries online can cause very unpleasant surprise, consumer group warns
A team from consumer body Which? placed online orders with six major retailers, and they only got items with use-by dates, checking how long was left before each one was meant to be eaten
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Tories inflicting 'living nightmare' of inflation and soaring mortgages on UK
With another Bank of England rate hike predicted for today, the Government is accused of being out of ideas and clueless about people’s financial predicament
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Martin Lewis says mortgage timebomb has 'exploded' and says Tories were warned
Moneysavingexpert.com founder Martin Lewis said he warned Jeremy Hunt about the threat from rising mortgage rates at a summit in December
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Struggling vicars hit by cost of living crisis want their first ever pay rise
Church of England clergy are calling for a 9.5 per cent pay rise that would take the national minimum stipend to £29,340 and the national stipend benchmark to £31,335
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Tesco boss has some bad news for shoppers hoping for cheaper food prices
Ken Murphy admits it's hard to predict how much prices will fall for hard-pressed consumers as inflation eases
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Mortgage rate rises could spark 'spiral of repossessions', Lib Dem leader fears
The average two-year fixed-rate deal rose from 5.92% to 5.98%, with five-year deals up from 5.56% to 5.62%, new data shows
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Five million people fail to pay soaring energy bills amid cost of living crisis
Charity bosses warn the number behind with payments has soared by 2.1 million since March last year, with data suggesting one in 10 adults failed to pay sky-high fuel bills in April
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New scheme to reduce number of tents left behind by music fans at Glastonbury
Around 250,000 tents are ditched each year in the UK, with most ending up in landfill - so sports retailer Decathlon has now decided to buy back its used camping gear to reduce waste
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Tory plot to drop windfall tax in midst of cost-of-living crisis branded obscene
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed plans to revert the tax back to 40% from 75% in a move that has been criticised by campaigners
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Britain is suffering more than any other major economy in inflation nightmare
Inflation is tipped to average 6.9% as it takes longer to come down here than in any other G7 nation, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Liz Truss is blamed for inflation chaos as mortgage lenders hike rates yet again
A flood of lenders have upped rates in the aftermath of figures a fortnight ago revealing a smaller-than-expected drop in living costs
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Brits ditch formal footwear for trainers as chain tops £10billion sales
The owner of trainer chain JD Sports last week announced its annual sales had topped £10billion for the first time as one in three Brits wear trainers to the office
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Rich list shows retail kingpin is wealthiest ever Liverpudlian after sales boom
Home Bargains magnate Tom Morris, 69, opened his first store in the Old Swan area of the city in 1976, aged just 21, and the chain now has more than 575 stores
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Britain's richest young celebs - from Dua Lipa to Prince George's godfather
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, Ed Sheeran and the Duke of Westminster - who inherited his millions aged 25 - rank among this year's Sunday Times Rich List with a combined wealth of £683bn
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EasyJet eyes record number of summer flights as sun-staved Brits plan holidays
The budget carrier plans more than 1,000 flights a day to and from the UK between July and September, up 8% on pre-pandemic levels
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BT to slash up to 55,000 jobs by 2030 - with 10,000 roles replaced by AI
The telecoms giant wants to cull its workforce from 130,000 to between 75,000 and 90,000 - with 10,000 of the cuts coming from what it called “automation and digitisation”
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Vauxhall boss warns Brexit could kill car industry - as plant may close
Stellantis, which also owns Citroen, Peugeot and Fiat and employs more than 5,000 people in the UK, says its UK investments were in the balance due to terms of Brexit trade deal
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Royal Mail chief quits after wave of strikes - and trousers six-figure payoff
Under-fire Simon Thompson claimed it was the “right time” to go, but his departure comes after a long-running pay dispute with its postal union
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Bank boss warns financial misery isn't over yet after another interest rate hike
Homeowners were warned things could get even worse as Andrew Bailey could not rule out further rises in a bid to bring down rampant inflation
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Bank of England boss answers your questions - everything you need to know
Andrew Bailey answers a series of questions as readers face an uncertain future amid financial turmoil
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Interest rates hiked to 4.5% - what it means for your mortgage and savings
The Bank of England has announced its latest interest rates with another 0.25 percentage point rise taking the base rate from 4.25% to 4.5% - here is what it means for your mortgage, debts and savings
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Fury as Shell makes £7.6BILLION in 3 months as Tory windfall tax failure blamed
The oil giant raked in a record £7.6billion in the first three months of this year, or £986 every second, and showered shareholders with £4.8billion
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Company boss worth £190m still drives old car - as he's too busy to buy new one
Tom Beahon, 33, and brother Phil started from their parents’ kitchen in Liverpool seven years ago - now their business, Castore, is valued at £750million
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British Gas to stop using third-party debt agents to install prepayment meters
The energy giant has announced it will no longer use agents to do fit prepayment meters under warrant - instead, it will do the work itself, as it did until a few years ago
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