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The UK town named the most affordable place to buy a home

Zoopla found the median property values there equate to just over a year’s average household earnings

The Independent UK

Budget 2025: Which tax rises could hit you as Chancellor Rachel Reeves targets millions with new levies?

London and the South East are set to be most impact by a wave of tax changes to plug a shortfall of around £20 billion

Evening Standard

Chancellor's Budget raid will make 500,000 more people in London and South East pay 40% income tax rate

Rachel Reeves is set to impose a ‘stealth tax’ in her Budget on November 26 with a further two-year freeze on income tax thresholds

Evening Standard

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Reeves to hammer London and South East with 2.8m facing Budget blow from 2p income tax rise

The Chancellor has been hit by a Labour revolt over breaking the party’s manifesto by raising income tax

Evening Standard

Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees to requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex to increase charges

The Guardian - UK

Train firms report spike in summer trips to coastal areas

The Rail Delivery Group said coastal stations in the North East, South East and East Anglia in particular have seen a sharp uptick in passengers.

Evening Standard

These are the most affordable market towns for first-home buyers

The typical amount paid by first-time buyers for a home in a market town has increased by 2 per cent annually and by 26 per cent since 2020

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Most and least expensive market towns for first-time buyers revealed

Six of the 10 most affordable market towns for first-time buyers in the Lloyds study are located in the Midlands.

Evening Standard

UK hosepipe ban rules: What you can and cannot do

Other companies have warned they may have to follow Yorkshire Water and South East Water and introduce hosepipe bans if nothing significant changes to water supplies

The Independent UK

Heat health alert for parts of UK as country braces for fresh heatwave

Temperatures are set to soar to 30C in London and parts of the south east later this week

The Independent UK

Revealed: the seven boroughs where the number of £1m+ homes has more than doubled in six years

Rightmove has recorded a ‘substantial’ surge in million-pound homes for sale across Britain

Evening Standard

Income tax shock: London's bill hits nearly £64 billion a year

The bill for the two regions has jumped above £108 billion a year

Evening Standard

Most affordable places for single home buyers identified by property website

Wage growth has helped improve the affordability of homes in southern England over the past year, Zoopla said.

Evening Standard

‘Magical’ communities and luscious greenery: Meet the residents of the UK’s happiest towns

Woodbridge, a quaint civil parish of around 8,000 people in East Suffolk, topped this year’s list

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The Guardian - UK

The happiest place to live in the UK? It’s not London …

With high scores for friendly neighbours and access to services, Woodbridge in Suffolk has topped Rightmove’s annual list for the first time

The Independent UK

Mapped: Britain’s twenty happiest places to live

There’s a new number one spot

The National (Scotland)

Scottish city named one of the happiest places to live in the whole of the UK

A historic city in Scotland has been named one of the happiest places to live in the whole of the UK.

Evening Standard

Britain’s ‘happiest places to live’ in 2024 revealed

Gen-Zs were the most likely to feel they would be happier living somewhere else, while those aged 55-plus were the least likely, Rightmove said.

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The Independent UK

Some first-time buyers ‘rushing to beat stamp duty deadline as others pause’

The analysis by Rightmove was released as Halifax identified the UK’s most and least affordable locations to buy a home.

The Independent UK

Average rent across the UK reaches record high

Rightmove said the average number of inquiries per rental property is down

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh named one of the most expensive cities for renters outside London

Rightmove has revealed that Edinburgh has one of the highest average rents outside of London.

The Independent UK

The one thing that can add an average of £16,000 to the price of your home

The south west and south east of England have the highest percentage price premiums of 5%

Evening Standard

550,000 more Londoners to be dragged into paying income tax higher rate due to threshold freeze, warn Lib-Dems

Nearly a million more people in the capital and wider South East will also be brought into paying Income Tax by the threshold freeze policy

The Hindu

QR code based feedback helps to nail corrupt constable

Police constable suspended for accepting bribe; QR code-based feedback system launched in South East division leading to improved behaviour of police personnel; many police personnel have faced strict action or rewarded; system has had an impact on police stations; QR code-based feedback getting good response, being implemented in other cities.

Daily Record

Best fish and chips in Scotland as awards are handed out to 'outstanding' takeaways and chippies

The great and the good from the fryer were recognised across the country.

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