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Lifelong Conservative voters caught up in the building safety crisis are abandoning the party after its MPs voted against protecting leaseholders from potentially crippling costs to fix fire risks discovered after the Grenfell Tower fire. Quick Guide What has the Grenfell inquiry revealed about building materials? Show What is the problem with building products? After …
A slump in credit card spending in February contributed to the biggest fall in consumer borrowing in 27 years, as the second month of the latest coronavirus lockdown restricted the scope for shoppers to spend in high streets and on outdoor activities. With people paying back more than they borrowed, consumer borrowing fell by 9.9% …
Q My daughter is considering paying off our equity release debt, which stands at £42,000, and giving us £10,000 in cash. In return, we will then give her our property. When we die the house will be hers. If we stick with the equity release and live to be 90, there will be very little …
I booked a holiday with Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) in May 2020, paying a £400 deposit with my Santander Visa debit card. The company went into administration in July and I was sent an email by Abta, telling me to use its template letter to ask my bank to make a chargeback. I sent …
This week both the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority and the Department of Justice in the US announced investigations into the planned $2.2bn acquisition of the publisher Simon & Schuster by Bertelsmann, which already owns Penguin Random House. The merger, if allowed, would see Bertelsmann have almost one-third of English-language book sales. The move follows …