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‘It’s just so easy, isn’t it?’ How buy now, pay later can leave Britons struggling with debt

We spend almost £1bn a month through retailers’ spread-the-cost payment schemes. But many borrowers find themselves missing payments, covering instalments with credit cards – and using the schemes to pay for food and other essentials. Is online credit spiralling out of control?

The Guardian - UK

Can most Californians even afford to retire?

Steven Johnson spent 19 years as a minimum wage laborer for a Los Angeles moving company, lifting heavy furniture and suffering three hernias along the way.

Los Angeles Times

State Pension to increase in line with inflation next April but other DWP benefits still to be confirmed

DWP boss Chloe Smith will make a determination on the benefit uprating this autumn.

Daily Record

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What does inflation mean for you?

Cost of living crisis continues to bite as energy bills, fuel and food prices climb

The Independent UK

When and how we'll get £400 cost of living energy rebate

The Energy Bills Support Scheme will see most households credited £400 this winter

Liverpool Echo

Truss and Kwarteng U-turn on plans to abolish 45p rate of tax for the rich - updated

Proposal had proved unpopular during cost of living crisis

Wales Online

Make money by renting out your stuff: from clothes to cars

From cameras to electric chargers, or using your time to pet-sit, you can bring in extra income

The Guardian - UK

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Money-saving tips for students as they settle into university life amid cost of living crisis

A savings expert has put together some useful money-saving tips for university students, including discounts, travel and supermarket shopping - read the full list here

Chronicle Live

The worst energy-guzzling appliances to leave on standby and how much you can save by switching them off

Households are wasting hundreds of pounds leaving devices on standby

Chronicle Live

Woman hails product that cuts cost of drying her clothes and heating her home

The cheap appliance can dry a load of laundry in just 3 hours and heats up the room while it works away

Irish Mirror

What does the energy price cap mean for you?

Liz Truss has moved to rein in runaway household bills caused by rising global gas prices

The Independent UK

Uni student shares clever budgeting hack that helped her save £500 in six months

Emma Cutler posted the hack on TikTok, where her money-saving tips have gained her over 500,000 likes.

Daily Record

Changes to Warm Homes grant mean some miss out this year - list in full of who is eligible

Almost 300,000 disabled people will not get the money as Government prioritises those receiving means-tested benefits

Chronicle Live

Severn Trent says household savings of £1,500 a year can be made by cutting 9 water wasting habits

"There are massive savings to be made"

Nottingham Post

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Chronicle Live

Shock energy bills leave families in 'complete panic' after new rates update causes glitch

Suppliers including Scottish Power, SSE, Eon and Octopus warn customers that displays may take 24 hours to show right prices

Edinburgh Live

How much it will cost to boil the kettle from October 1 as energy prices rise

From holding off putting the heating on to air-drying clothes instead of using the tumble drier, there are some things which are easy to use less - but the humble kettle is hard to go without.

Irish Mirror

Warning for Irish people with British pounds as paper £20 and £50 notes have lost status as money

The old notes cannot be spent in shops or used in business transactions and will not even be accepted by most banks

Daily Record

Grandparents could be eligible for £3,000 payment if they help with childcare

Anyone who thinks they're entitled to these credits from the Government is being urged to put in a claim online.

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Liverpool Echo

Eight things to consider if you're thinking of keeping your heating off

Here, from a person who has actually done it, are eight things you need to consider if you need to go without heat this winter

Manchester Evening News

'I kept warm for just 9p an hour - and dried my washing with Lakeland three-tier heated airer'

Sales of heated airers have shot up as people look for alternatives to radiators and tumble dryers

Edinburgh Live

We compared Edinburgh Tesco and Lidl during the cost of living crisis

Some people have turned to foodbanks to solve some of their issues, some are refusing to heat their home due to soaring energy prices and some will even be homeless by the end of the winter

Manchester Evening News

Supermarket cuts cost of three essentials after weeks of hikes

Customers claimed the retailer was 'taking the mick' out of shoppers with regular price increases

Wales Online

Ideas to help save you money as energy bills rise

Give yourself and your finances a fighting chance with these tips

The Guardian - UK

Ministers warn of scammers posing as energy bill support scheme

No need to apply because £400 discount will ‘reach people automatically’, says Rees-Mogg

Daily Mirror

Savvy teenager owns £400,000 London flat after saving up £22,000 deposit from age of 13

Savvy Valentina Hadome saved up enough to buy her first home at the age of just 18 - instead of splashing her cash on clothes and make-up like many of her friends

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