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How changes to the welfare bill affects your PIP and Universal Credit payments
BRITS on Universal Credit and PIP will see fewer changes to their payments after the Government U-turned on its welfare bill this week. Sir Keir Starmer had been hoping to push through welfare reforms that would have seen a crackdown on payments to…
Olympic Star Gabby Thomas Demands Payment After Getting Stiffed For Over $12 Million
Gabby Thomas wants her money, and she's not afraid to stir things up. The track star has gone public about the $12.6 million in unpaid prize money being held from her following promises from Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track series. Johnson, an…
Odysee Launches Decentralized Payment System
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Couples asking their wedding guests for an unusual gift amid crash
READ MORE: Expert names the housing market that's 'ground zero' for a crash Many newlyweds are aware of just how much it costs to buy a home. Stubbornly high mortgage rates, along with soaring home prices and a rocky economy have been preventing…
3% mortgage rates aren't dead-housing market sees 127% increase in buyers taking over old loans
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert's ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Some homebuyers are sidestepping 6% and 7% mortgage rates by tapping into assumable mortgages. These allow buyers to take over a…
Miliband forced to pay solar farms to switch off
British solar farms have been paid to switch off for the first time as sunny days prompt a surge of clean power that could overwhelm the grid. The National Energy System Operator (Neso), which manages the UK's power grids and is overseen by Ed…
The leadership rumours inside Labour that speak volumes about Starmer's future
The images of Rachel Reeves crying on the frontbenches during PMQs on Wednesday – just hours after the government was forced into a humiliating £5bn climbdown on welfare – were stark. It looked like Sir Keir Starmer's top team…
Buying a home? You'll need a $17K raise, Zillow finds
(NewsNation) — In 2020, a household earning the median income could afford a typical U.S. home, but today, they'd need a $17,670 raise to do it, according to a new Zillow analysis. To comfortably afford the mortgage on a typical U.S. home…
Buy now, pay later loans will now affect US credit scores - what does that mean for consumers?
A new change to buy now, pay later loans means borrowers' credit scores may see a change, which has worried some users of the loans. “I have a feeling that I'm just not going to have as much access to spending power and zero or really low…
Will lower mortgage rates save California's housing market?
California 1-year home price change, California Association of Realtors. (Graphic by Flourish) Will lower mortgage rates convince California house hunters to stop balking at unaffordable homes on the market? What's next for interest rates is a…
Sheffield Wednesday: Owls remove 'stumbling block' to raise sale hopes
BBC Radio Sheffield is reporting that Sheffield Wednesday are directing parties interested in buying the club to a professional team with a proven track record of selling football clubs, with the aim of completing a takeover. It marks a change to…
Sask.'s mortgage delinquency rate is highest among provinces, but it's getting worse in Ont. and B.C. | CBC News
Tyler Fransen lost his Saskatoon home this spring after he missed mortgage payments due to financial circumstances and life situations that sent him over the tipping point. 'I just felt a little defeated,' said Fransen, whose father recently died…
More than 1.4m claiming mental health benefits
A record 531 people a day were granted welfare benefits for mental health problems, analysis of last year's Personal Independence Payment (Pip) figures reveals. In the 2024-25 financial year, Department for Work and Pensions staff approved 193,890…
University of Idaho submits revised Innovative Agriculture and Marketing Partnership proposal
University of Idaho has submitted an amended version of the Innovative Agriculture and Marketing Partnership (IAMP) grant to the United States Department of Agriculture to meet revised federal guidelines placing greater emphasis on marketing and…
We Need a Euro Coin': Regulators Race to Counter US Stablecoin Grip on European Market
European authorities are sounding stronger warnings that the growing reliance on USD-backed stablecoins could undermine the euro's sovereignty and disrupt the financial system. As the popularity of stablecoins surges across the region, officials…
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