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A primary school in London could become the first in the country to cut its working week to four-and-a-half days amid a budget crisis. St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Isleworth has been criticised after suggesting the week could end at 12.45pm on Fridays.more

Every year, HMRC issues a press release of all the 'hilarious' excuses it wouldn't accept for late returns, such as extraterrestrials and spilling coffee on the form.more

A woman has bought her own home at the age of just 20 after some dedicated saving. Jennie Crockart credits her home-buying success with leaving school at 17 to take part in an apprenticeship. more

Over million residential properties are sitting unoccupied in the country.more

John Humphrys, Jeremy Vine, Huw Edwards and Nick Robinson among those to take wage cuts.more

HM Revenue and Customs has clamped down on scam texts which purport to be from the taxman and may promise cash rebates.more

London's first new electric taxi glided silently and cleanly into service today in search of the first fares to travel emissions-free in a black cab. Bought by driver David Harris, it swept onto the streets of central London after becoming the first new electric taxi to be officially certified by Transport for London's test centre.more

The Council of Europe has heavily criticised Ireland's social services, claiming the level of assistance for single people without resources is "manifestly inadequate". A monitoring report on health, social security and social protection services said Ireland is failing to live up to some 13 legal obligations to citizens under the European Social Charter.more

Meghan Markle could be going in a way different direction than Kate Middleton for her wedding dress ... IF she goes with Israeli designer Inbal Dror. Dror confirmed Monday she was contacted by the Royal Family about possibly dressing Meghan for the big day with Prince Harry -- and TMZ has obtained the 3 sketches she submitted.more

Which? research has identified more than 200 communities in Britain with poor ATM provision, or no cash machines at all, which might be hardest hit by proposals that could reduce the network. Which? is worried that proposals from Link - the UK's largest cash machine network - to lower its fees by 20% could lead to mass closures of free-to-use ATM machines across Britain.more

LANDLORDS COULD HAVE to give private tenants at least three months' notice and tell incoming tenants what the previous rent was under a new bill that was published today. The bill, introduced by Social Democrats co-leader Roisín Shortall, has the backing of opposition parties Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, Labour and the Green Party.more

Long-form videos are now watched by 94% of Polish internet users, with 60% doing so a few times a week and 24% on a daily basis. According to the findings of the latest study by Wavemaker (VideoTrack lll), published by Wirtualne Media, the heaviest users on a daily basis are those aged 15-24 (29%) and 25-34 (28%), with men more represented than women.more

Fianna Fáil has described the rise in the number of people who had their Jobseeker's Allowance cut for lack of engagement with employment services as "worrying". The number of sanctions imposed by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has continued to rise each year since the measures were introduced in 2011.more

The wage gap between men and women who are paid more than £100,000 has dramatically increased over the past five years. It has widened by 23% since 2010/11, according to a new study from law firm Wilsons.more

Is 2018 is set to be the year of the long distance commuter? The data published here today in How Much Is Your House Worth? 2018, the Irish Independent's snapshot of local property value movements, highlights extreme property price surges in former outer commuter belt areas which have not been targeted by city buyers since the Celtic Tiger years.more

Two year old Jessie is known to start her day like most dogs - looking for food. But the English springer spaniel, who was gifted to the UK Border Force, also has a nose for notes. She's based close to Heathrow Airport and in just 5 months, has sniffed out £1 million pounds in smuggled cash.more

London Mayor Sadiq Khan launched a so-called Licence for London, which he said would benefit the capital's 25,000 bus drivers. It puts an end to the previous system where drivers moving to another bus company would get lower pay.more

Londoners now pay more than a third of their monthly salary on rent - which will come as absolutely no surprise to, well, Londoners. People in the capital now pay an average of 37% of their wages on rent each month. more

Over 6.1 billion debts have more than 300k pensioners in Poland - according to BIG InfoMonitor data.more

Ryanair expects more than half of passengers to pay an extra 5 euro to bring their bag into the cabin. As it introduced new cabin baggage rules, which favour those passengers who pay an extra 5 euro for 'priority boarding', the airline revealed that it will sell the perk for a maximum of 110 seats out of the total of 189 available on its planes.more

The national cryptocurrency created under the hands of the government can revolutionize payments and the whole banking - "Puls Biznesu" informed. more

CORK is set to have Ireland's first underground beer pipeline linking two of the city's microbreweries. Pedestrians walking down Cornmarket Street could soon have beer, ale and stout flowing through a special pipeline under their feet through a new proposal from Cork brewer and publican Benny McCabe.more

Companies are no longer able to charge customers more for paying by plastic - but some have already ensured they won't lose out.more

he President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker met Boyko Borissov, Bulgarian Prime Minister, in Sofia Friday to discuss the priorities of the EU Presidency held by Bulgaria from 1 January. more

Natasha Bream, 30, from Luton, bought three Creme Eggs from a Tesco Express store in the town while on her lunch break and said she was shocked to find she had a white version on opening the first one.more