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Energy crisis: UK fuel poverty forcing people to food banks
High energy bills have been fuelling the pain for those hit hard by the cost-of-living crisis.
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Student poverty: Quarter of UK universities run food banks
For students, struggling to make ends meet often comes with the territory – but while the cost of living has soared over the last year, maintenance loans have not.
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FCA threatens ‘robust action’ for banks offering low savings rates
The Bank of England has raised interest rates 13 times in the last 18 months – but today the financial regulator said big banks have failed to pass on those higher rates to their savers.
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“Not convinced by the evidence for a windfall tax on the banks”, says shadow chancellor
Labour wants banks to be compelled to follow a new set of rules – rather than just leaving it up to them.
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Banksy’s Valentine’s Day Mascara moves to Margate’s Dreamland amusement park
The question of where Banksy’s should end up, and who – if anyone – should profit from their sale often seems to raise as many moral conundrums as the artist’s works themselves.
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UK turns to warm banks amid cold weather and cost of living crisis
Between the cold weather, a cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills – families have been forced to make tough choices and sacrifices this Christmas.
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Arron Banks loses libel case against journalist Carole Cadwalladr
The pro-Brexit campaigner Arron Banks has lost his libel case against the journalist Carole Cadwalladr, in a ruling which could have important implications for public interest journalism.
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Sanctions for Russian banks and oligarchs after Ukraine invasion
Governments across the world are preparing to unleash their toughest sanctions yet against Moscow, designed to cause maximum pain to the Russian economy.
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Ukraine crisis: billionaires & banks sanctioned after Russia ‘invasion’
Vladimir Putin left the international community perplexed and dumbfounded when he announced last night that he would recognise the independence of the break away regions of eastern Ukraine, amid a tirade that questioned the right of Ukraine to even exist.
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Climate protesters target banks ahead of COP26
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined protesters outside a leading bank in the City of London. It was part of Day of Action protests in 26 countries around the world demanding that financial institutions stop supporting fossil fuels. Campaigners are also raising questions about the government’s commitment to wider climate objectives when it comes…
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More children relying on food banks in the UK during coronavirus crisis
With schools closed, children are staying home and staying safe – but many are also going hungry and turning to food banks.
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Isolated and hungry: Food banks face the challenge of coronavirus
Amid the rising concern about society’s most vulnerable, food banks have asked supermarkets to set aside supplies, including online delivery slots for charities.
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Arron Banks and the UKIP data hijack
Leave.EU – the largest pro-Brexit campaign in Britain, set up and run by the millionaire Arron Banks – have been accused of hijacking personal data during the Referendum campaign.
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Farage and Banks split over Johnson Brexit deal
They’ve arguably been the drivers of much of the Brexit debate. Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party is holding a rally in central London tonight.
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NCA says ‘no evidence’ Leave.EU and Arron Banks broke law
The National Crime Agency has announced that it has dropped an investigation into the source of businessman Arron Banks’s £8 million donation to the campaign group Leave.EU.
