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Credit card holders who make minimum repayments warned they could be in debt for years longerSome Barclaycard customers who only make the minimum repayment each month will take an extra decade to clear their debt and pay hundreds of pounds in extra interest after the credit card provider changed its terms.Barclaycard – thought to be the UK’s biggest...

Concern grows over legality of government’s approach as new figures show more than 150,000 carers facing huge penalties A hero – then sacked. The carer’s allowance whistleblowerNew figures show more than 150,000 unpaid carers are now facing huge fines for minor rule breaches, as MPs, charities and campaigners demanded an immediate amnesty.Ed Davey,...

Instead of buy-one-get-one-free offers, everyday life now involves carefully comparing prices and feeling increasingly powerless Under capitalism, prices are supposed to be the centre of everything. They are the key agreement between buyer and seller. They are the one clear and reliable piece of information, on which the whole often opaque and unstable...

Party wants to fully nationalise train network within five years of coming to power, in ‘biggest rail reform for a generation’Labour has made one of its most radical proposals yet in the run-up to an election campaign: to fully nationalise the train network within five years of coming to power.The party has pledged to guarantee the cheapest fares as...

Family lists property where war veteran raised funds during Covid – minus unauthorised spa poolThe listed family home where Captain Sir Tom Moore walked laps of his garden to raise millions of pounds for the NHS during the Covid pandemic has gone on sale for £2.25m.The sight of the 99-year-old war veteran walking lengths of his garden, aided by a walking...