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UK’s grey squirrels could be given contraceptive pills in Government-backed plan to save £37million

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Amorous grey squirrels face contraceptive crackdown: Rodents could be fed fertility-lowering pills covered in hazelnut paste to keep population numbers down Grey squirrels could take contraceptive pill under population control measures Drawn up in new plan backed by the Environment Secretary George Eustice  Report states grey squirrels cost the economy around £37million every year  By … Read more

UK’s grey squirrels could be given contraceptive pills in Government-backed plan to save £37million

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Amorous grey squirrels face contraceptive crackdown: Rodents could be fed fertility-lowering pills covered in hazelnut paste to keep population numbers down Grey squirrels could take contraceptive pill under population control measures Drawn up in new plan backed by the Environment Secretary George Eustice  Report states grey squirrels cost the economy around £37million every year  By … Read more

Which lenders are offering Government-backed 5% deposit mortgages – and what are the rates and fees?

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First-time buyers will be able to get Government-backed mortgages with deposits of just 5 per cent from five major banks and building societies from today. The scheme, which is also open to current homeowners, was first announced in the Budget and will see lenders advance 95 per cent of the purchase price on homes worth … Read more

How will a government-backed 5% deposit mortgage work?

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Aspiring first-time home buyers will be listening keenly to the Budget this week with Chancellor Rishi Sunak expected to announce Government-backed mortgages with deposits of just five per cent. The Government is set to guarantee the loans, enabling lenders to offer mortgages worth 95 per cent of the purchase price on properties worth up to … Read more

Gordon Ramsay takes advantage of government-backed loan scheme

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Gordon Ramsay takes advantage of government-backed loan scheme to save restaurant empire shuttered by the lockdown The TV chef, 53, has registered charges with Barclays against 16 companies  He will take advantage of government’s Coronavirus Interruption Loan Scheme  The companies are eligible for up to £5million of emergency loans each  Here’s how to help people … Read more

£1 billion government-backed programme to tackle 4G ‘not-spots’

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The UK’s four largest mobile networks have agreed on a £1 billion deal with the government to make patchy internet coverage in rural areas ‘a thing of the past’.  The Shared Rural Network (SRN) will see EE, O2, Three and Vodafone work together to bring 4G coverage to 95 per cent of the UK by … Read more