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DWP £10 Christmas Bonus hasn’t risen for 51 years – check how much it should be worth now | Personal Finance | Finance

Each year, the (DWP) distributes a one-off tax-free £10 payment just before Christmas to people who get certain benefits, such as Pension Credit, in a specified qualifying week, which is normally the first full week of December. Charities are labelling the DWP’s annual Christmas Bonus as “insulting” in calls for the …

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Nationwide crisis as millions face having ‘no cash over Christmas’ | Personal Finance | Finance

Nationwide is facing a Christmas crisis as millions of customers face having no cash over the holiday season as thousands of transactions pend. The reason for this is that the bank is experiencing a technical issue which means transactions across the country are still pending. On Thursday the bank admitted …

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Thomson Reuters aims to help non-engineers develop AI skills

Andersen Capital Management CIO Peter Andersen discusses technologys influence in the markets, his outlook for Apple and the Federal Reserves management of rate hikes. Thomson Reuters’ recently released generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform features an “AI skills factory” that allows subject-matter experts who are not engineers or software developers to …

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Inheritance tax to be ‘battleground policy’ in general election as receipts rise by £400m | Personal Finance | Finance

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months from April 2023 to November 2023. This is a £400 million increase from the same period in the previous year and continues the upward trend over the last …

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My forecast for next year’s financial winners and losers | Personal Finance | Finance

Annualised consumer price inflation of 3.9 per cent in November is the lowest since September 2021 (Image: Getty) The inflationary surge of the last two years has cast a huge shadow over everybody and everything. Combined with the energy shock, it’s triggered a desperate cost-of-living crisis, that’s left millions facing …

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