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‘We’ve been paying for it for years: throwing billions at millionaires to better enable them to shaft the poor.’ Illustration: Matt Kenyon

Money news

E.ON cuts prepayment charges to match standard rates

Landlords pocketing £5.6bn in rent on unsafe housing – Citizens Advice

Card and automated payments overtake cash transactions for the first time

Scottish Power remote control heating ad banned

How MadBid buyers can end up paying twice the price

Which? says supermarkets still misleading customers over prices

UK inflation turns negative

In the spotlight

How will the rail strike affect me?

Rail unions are threatening to strike over the bank holiday weekend. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters

Feature

How do I become … a tattoo artist?

Phil Kyle, tattooist Photograph: Thomas Howells

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

£60 bank charges to send £100 to a friend in Nepal

I sent my iPhone for repair. But the store won’t give it back

Clydesdale has my ‘lost’ £3,000 and won’t discuss how I can get it back

In pictures

Homes for hermits

Tanera Mor, Summer Isles, Wester Ross. Photograph: CKD Galbraith

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