EU students starting at a UK university in 2020/2021 will be able to pay home fees for the duration of their courses, the British universities minister announced this week.more
The proportion of low-paid workers in Britain has fallen to its lowest level since 1980, a think tank has said, with young adults particularly benefitting.more
Michael Gove will pledge free British citizenship for 3 million EU nationals after Brexit if he becomes prime minister, as well as abolishing the burden of providing proof of settled status, the Guardian understands.
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Vulnerable households are spending £250 million more than they should on energy bills as companies break competition rules to fleece prepay customers, new research suggests.more
Telecommunications and loan companies capture the most unreliable debtors - according to the BIG InfoMonitor Register of Debtors. The value of consumer debts reported to BIG reaches up to PLN 41 billion.more
The Wall Street Journal reports on the big-company CEOs who made the most money in 2018. The big winner is David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery, whose TV channels are apparently doing pretty well. He raked in $129.4 million last year. more
Government data released to Labour shows that ministers spent more than £1.5bn drafting in help from beyond Whitehall in 2017/18 - a 60% leap on the previous year's figures.more
Rising inequality in Britain risks putting the country on the same path as the US to become one of the most unequal nations on earth, according to a Nobel-prize winning economist.more
Broadband, pay-TV, mobile phone and landline customers must be told when their contracts are about to end and be informed of their providers' best alternative deals, under new rules.more
Amazon is offering UK employees thousands of pounds to quit their jobs and set up as independent delivery contractors in an effort to keep delivery capacity up with demand.more