Millions of households across the country will be hit with another cost of living hike they don’t need: a rise in their council tax. But for some boroughs, that’s on top of an already staggering council tax bill. Step forward, Kingston Upon Thames council.more
Today's "Fakt" reports that ZUS is already preparing to pay out thirteenth month allowances. Since the government has decided to exempt them from tax, the benefit "per hand" will be higher by around 220 PLN.more
Russian Sperbank announced yesterday that Apple has closed the loophole that allows the use of Russian MIR cards in the Apple Pay payment system. In the next few days, Apple will suspend all operations on previously added cards, Reuters reported.more
In six large cities, new flats rose in price by 17 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of last year. On the secondary market, dwellings increased by 13 percent. - According to NBP data. The bank's analysts point out that the sector will be affected in the coming periods by rising interest rates and the war in Ukraine.more
Polina Kovaleva, the British-sanctioned 26-year-old stepdaughter of Russian Foreign Ministry chief Sergei Lavrov, has a flat in central London that she bought for £4.4 million in 2016 without credit, while still a student at the time, British media wrote today.more
The UK's annual inflation rate rose to 6.2 per cent in February, the first time in 30 years that the 6 per cent level has been exceeded. - Office for National Statistics reported today.more
Future contracts for London transport schemes which support jobs across the country are at risk without long-term funding from the Government, the capital’s mayor is warning.more
US President Joe Biden will travel to Europe next week to show America's support for Ukraine. He will meet with NATO and EU leaders, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced yesterday. She added that Biden would soon provide details of a $13.6 billion aid package for Ukraine.more
The UK government yesterday announced a ban on exports of luxury goods to Russia and increased tariffs by 35p on imports from the country of a range of products, including vodka.more
After a brief stop in Istanbul, a private jet linked to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich landed in Moscow today. Abramovich is Putin's "cashier" in the West, according to the authors of a journalistic investigation presented yesterday on the BBC Panorama programme.more
One in five Poles have no savings at all, the survey showed. 13% of respondents have gathered savings of less than PLN 1,000, while over 20% have set aside cash between PLN 1,000 and PLN 5,000.more
According to the survey conducted by UCE RESEARCH and SYNO Poland for the ePsycholodzy.pl platform, more than six out of ten people have at least one of the depression symptoms listed in the survey. According to experts, it is a hidden source of low productivity and frequent absence of employees, generating losses for employers and the whole economy. more
The vast majority of adult Poles declared that these days they are most afraid of high prices - 71 percent, war - 70 percent and disease - 64 percent, according to a CBOS survey from the first half of February 2022.more
Nearly 40% of Polish women believe that they earn less than men working in the same positions, according to a survey. The same percentage has a different opinion on the matter, and one in five respondents does not know.more
From next month, big changes will come into force regarding the National Living Wage. The wage is set to rise by 6.6 per cent in April, from £8.91 an hour to £9.50 an hour.more
