Government plan to extend Bereavement Support Payments to unmarried couples who live together By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 4 August 2020 The Government said last week it had a plan to extend Bereavement Support Payments to couples who live together Unmarried parents … Read more
Banks are urging mortgage borrowers to think carefully before taking a further mortgage holiday after the Government officially extended the initiative by three months. Some 1.8million homeowners have opted to take a mortgage holiday since the lockdown began in March. Now, these same homeowners can opt to extend their break by a further three months, … Read more
Seven in 10 dentists will go BUST by August unless Treasury acts now: MPs back desperate plea for financial aid Dental practices across the country were ordered to close their doors when the UK lockdown was imposed in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic Many are not eligible for any of the Government’s financial … Read more
Grim economic news is something we have had to get used to in the past two months but yesterday was something of a body blow. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement that he was extending the jobs retention scheme until October is the most ominous of all the amendments and additions to the bailout for the economy … Read more
Ed Sheeran’s neighbour wins battle with singer to extend his back garden by 160 feet despite superstar complaining it would spoil his £3.7m ‘Sheeranville’ estate Robinson’s plans to extend his back garden have been approved by the council Ed Sheeran objected to the ‘unplanned and artificial’ extension last month The pop-star has had to deal … Read more
The Treasury is finally set to extend its package of coronavirus rescue loans today, which will come as a relief for hundreds of businesses that had fallen through the cracks. Firms which make more than £45m were denied access to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) launched last month. Help was on offer to … Read more
Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright have reportedly applied for planning permission to renovate a ‘one-bedroom annexe’ at their Essex dream home. The TV couple are said to have gained approval from the local council to demolish their new four-bedroom farmhouse last month and turn it into a Georgian-style mansion after buying it for £1.3million in October. Michelle, 32, and Mark, … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon today appeared to confirm that the UK will be staying in a state of coronavirus lockdown for the foreseeable future as she said: ‘We must stick with it.’ The UK government is due to make a decision on whether to extend social distancing restrictions beyond an initial period of three weeks by the … Read more
The gold price went on a winning streak in 2019, sparking optimism that it could top the year high of $1,557 again next year. Interest rate cuts in the US and elsewhere are making gold more attractive to investors, who see it as a store of wealth and hedge against inflation as well as a … Read more
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi will extend world’s biggest lockdown for two weeks in country of 1.3billion where Covid-19 has killed 240 India’s existing three-week lockdown was due to come to an end on Tuesday But ministers are pressing for prolonged restrictions amid a rising death roll Critics insist nationwide policy is needed to stop … Read more