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The contactless payment limit has been increased to £100 by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in a bid to boost retailers as lockdown is lifted in the coming months.more

The National Living Wage (NLW) will rise to £8.91, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday. He said it means an annual pay rise of £350 for someone working full time on the National Living Wage.more

Rishi Sunak says he’s extended the furlough scheme for another six months because ‘things might change’ in terms of easing England’s lockdown.more

A woman from Meriden, Kansas, bought her first lottery ticket four days after her 18th birthday. She hit the main prize in the amount of 25 thousand. dollars - reported the organizer of the Kansas Lottery.more

People will be able to buy homes with a deposit of 5% under a new scheme announced by the chancellor.more

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, presenting the draft budget for the new financial year, assured that he would continue to do everything possible to mitigate the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, but also announced that it would be necessary to balance public finances.more

Harry and Meghan are being forced to find new arrangements for any correspondence sent to them, after it's been revealed Prince Charles and Clarence House are withdrawing 'financial support' for the couple.more

The furlough scheme will be extended until the end of September by the chancellor in the Budget later. Rishi Sunak said the scheme - which pays 80% of employees' wages for the hours they cannot work in the pandemic - would help millions through "the challenging months ahead".more

The Supreme Court's resolution may be a court day for some banks, Piotr Tomaszewski, President of the Bank Guarantee Fund, assessed in an interview with today's Rzeczpospolita.more

TikTok has agreed to pay a proposed $92 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the company invaded user privacy. more

Millions of Britons could be entitled to £482.5m in damages from chipmaking tech giant Qualcomm for overcharging consumers for Apple and Samsung smartphones, according to the Consumer Association’s Which?.more

Millions of self-employed workers are due to be offered grants of up to £7,500 in next week's Budget, but the Chancellor is considering dropping the scheme from May.more

Secondary schools in England will be asked to consider delivering face-to-face summer schools as part of efforts to help pupils catch up.more

Rishi Sunak could extend the furlough scheme until at least July after the Prime Minister revealed his long-awaited roadmap out of lockdown, reports say. more

The number of women in paid work for five or fewer hours each week doubled to 15% in the last quarter, think tank Centre for London has found.more

This year, Poles working e.g. in Great Britain or the Netherlands will benefit from the full amount of the abolition allowance, but in the settlement for 2021 it will be limited - explains Rafał Frączyk from EY. In his opinion, many taxpayers can permanently transfer their tax residence abroad.more

An outpouring of support from strangers is lifting up an Ohio woman who found herself in a very tough spot: Go to work to support her family but leave her children alone or stay with them and lose her job. more

54 percent of Poles are currently repaying loans or credits - according to the study of the National Debt Register. Nearly every third who have such obligations spends the borrowed money on the purchase of household appliances or audio and video devices.more

The budget airline has announced a “protection promise” allowing customers to change details of their booking amid new travel rules in the UK.more

Passengers who flout new mandatory hotel quarantine laws could face €4,000 fines and a month in prison.more

Forbes Travel Guide has announced the latest recipients of its prestigious star ratings, with London leading the way in the five-star category.more

The Polish real estate market is doing quite well during the pandemic - the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" reports today. The newspaper emphasizes that housing prices are "rising like crazy".more

Dayot Upamecano is likely to leave RB Leipzig at the end of the season and will choose between Bayern Munich and a move to the Premier League, according to his agent.more

Romance fraud - scamming someone out of money by pretending to want a relationship - has been on the rise during lockdown.more

Mobile network O2 has been fined £10.5m by telecoms regulator Ofcom for overcharging its customers. For eight years, some customers who were leaving the network were double-charged some fees on their final bills, Ofcom said.more