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Coronavirus strikes at heart of British banking system as it wreaks havoc on finances of two of the biggest lenders Barclays hit by £3.7billion bad loans Santander UK writes off £5.4billion By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:27 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 01:17 BST, 30 July […]
City councils are pocketing millions of pounds a year from fining motorists for misuse of bus lanes, with new figures revealing which locations are genere the biggest revenues. While London is the city where most motorists receive a penalty charge notice for incorrectly driving in a bus lane, an investigation […]
Hundreds of thousands of customers of Barclays and Santander have taken payment holidays on credit cards, personal loans and mortgages, the banks revealed in results today. At the same time, official figures from the Bank of England show households have cleared billions of pounds of debt over the last few […]
I was horrified when water starting coming through my ceiling, so I rang the British Gas emergency number to report a burst pipe. But what happened next left me in floods of tears. I chased them several times and someone arrived seven hours later. He said he could not fix it […]
When Michael and Brenda Pickup received a knock on their door and an offer of free insulation under the Government’s Green Deal, they thought it was a safe way to save money. But, six years on, the pensioners face a bill of nearly £20,000 to correct the damage caused by […]
Buy-to-let was one of Britain’s best-loved investments before crippling tax blows caused many landlords to lose interest. But now buy-to-let has been thrown a lifeline. Slashed stamp duty, better mortgage deals and new tax benefits all mean landlords are flocking back to the market. However, with unemployment predicted to soar […]
One in three towns will switch to a 20mph speed limit as councils are favouring slower zones for residential areas, according to reports. With 30mph zones traditionally being used in built-up locations for the last 85 years, an increased number of motorists have already fallen foul of the lower limits […]