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The government has announced what it describes as one of the biggest overhauls of financial regulation for more than three decades. It says the package of more than 30 reforms will "cut red tape" and "turbocharge growth".more

Energy provider Pinergy has on Friday announced a 14% hike in electricity prices which will add around €320 to a typical household’s annual bill.more

House prices fell at their fastest rate since the start of the financial crisis last month as the toxic fallout from Kwasi Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-Budget sent the property market plunging.more

Talks have broken down between the union and Royal Mail, a spokesman said, adding that Royal Mail managers are "refusing to budge with their 'best and final' offer". more

Train passengers are to be told to only travel next week if it is absolutely necessary, even if rail worker strikes are called off at the last minute. Workers at the UK's biggest rail union, the RMT, will walk out on 13-14 and 16-17 December causing major disruption.more

The first coinage featuring King Charles III will appear on the 50p coin in circulation in post offices around the UK from Thursday.more

More than 3 million low-income UK households cannot afford to heat their homes, according to research, as a “dangerously cold” weather front arrived from the Arctic.more

Another scandal has erupted in the UK over personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts during the Covid-19 pandemic, with Baroness Michelle Mone at the centre of it, who was alleged to have made £30m from public money as a result.more

More of us are dying all the time than before the pandemic. In 48 weeks this year, 408,000 people died in Poland. This is 30 thousand more than in 2019. - writes today's 'Dziennik Gazeta Prawna'.more

In 2022 and 2023, the purchasing power of the inhabitants of the Netherlands will be lower by 4%. - informs the Central Planning Bureau (CPB). Wage growth is not keeping pace with high inflation, the CPB estimates.more

Fresh rail strikes have been announced for Christmas Eve with the walkout threatening to hit celebrations and travel over the festive weekend.more

More than 100 employees of three companies in Brabant in the south of the Netherlands have received an unusual Christmas present: for the whole of December they will be able to do their grocery shopping at their employer's expense, reports the daily newspaper De Telegraaf.more

45 per cent of employers plan to give employees Christmas bonuses. No Christmas activities are envisaged by 14 per cent of companies, according to a survey by the Randstad Research Institute in cooperation with Gfk. Compared to 2021, the value of Christmas benefits per employee will increase.more

Households are switching from buying fresh food to cheaper frozen goods as the cost of living bites into budgets, the boss of Tesco has said.more

High inflation and the associated price shock are dampening the festive mood of Germans. According to a survey by pollster Insa for the daily Bild, 23 per cent of people will not buy any Christmas presents this year, and less than half would be able to pay for gifts from their current income.more

In the UK, there will not be a single day without some kind of strike until 24 December, with two or three professional groups going on strike at the same time for most of the three weeks remaining before Christmas.more

New York and Singapore topped the list of the most expensive cities in the world. The annual Worldwide Cost of Living Index report, prepared by ECA International, highlighted what we have been feeling so painfully for months - the average cost of living in the largest cities increased by an average of 8.1% in 2022. This is the largest increase in at least 20 years, the report notes.more

Here is a look at the rates PIP claimants will get in 2023-24 as well as details about who is eligible for the benefit.more

A statistical Pole plans to spend an average of PLN 1,427 during the upcoming holidays, according to a study commissioned by the Polish Bank Association. The relatively largest part of expenses, on average PLN 585, will be related to groceries and the organization of holidays.more

Soaring rents have in effect made life unaffordable for private tenants across swathes of the UK, according to research undertaken for the Guardian.more

The state pension age could be raised due to the “pretty hairy” state of the public finances, a Cabinet minister has admitted. more

U.K. households paid an average of £210 (around €240) more on their food bills alone due to Brexit, according to a study from the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics published Thursday.more

Half of the charity's debt assessment clients have a negative budget - meaning they are left in the red after paying for essentials. This is up from 36% in early 2019, it says.more

Paramedics and other ambulance workers across much of England and Wales are likely to go on strike before Christmas to demand pay rises, two trade unions representing them have announced.more

BBC Wales analysis of new Census data suggests six of Wales' most deprived communities are in the city. People are having to eat pet food while others try to heat food on a radiator, a community worker with 20 years' experience has said.more