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Gavin Lewis

Money Talks: contactless payments come of age

Wave and pay
‘Wave and pay’ limits rise to £30 and uptake among shoppers strengthens. Photograph: Barclaycard/PA

Hello and welcome to this week’s Money Talks – a roundup of the week’s biggest stories and some things you may have missed.

Money news

Contactless Lloyds TSB Visa card

UK living wage increase set to benefit more than 3m women

TSB offers contactless cashback

Number of workers on zero-hours contracts up by 19%

Thousands of tenants in England ‘suffering abuse’ from private landlords

One in three baby girls in England will live to 90

Contactless card limit rises to £30 after surge in transactions

One in four families move house to secure school place – survey

In the spotlight

Revealed: the widening gulf between salaries and house prices

Interactive: where can you afford to buy?

Comment: why Generation Rent is out of luck

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As the gap between pay and house prices grows Britons are wondering where they can afford to live. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian

Work advice

Career cares? Work woes? Out of love with the office? Our expert is on hand to help. Put your questions to Jeremy, and help other readers with their worries.

Consumer champions

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Pickfords removals stalls on delivery date for our belongings

TalkTalk refuses to compensate me after I fell victim to telephone scam

Npower kept promising to return my £330 credit, but never did

In pictures

Surreal estate: a 15th century Tuscan tower for sale

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