Renewing renters handed rebates thanks to tenancy deposit rule changes

Renters renewing tenancies handed rebates thanks to government ban on high deposits… with one totalling £3,385 Cap on tenancy deposits sees an average £320 returned to overpaying renters This follows government legislation which in June banned rip off tenancy fees  Deposits are now capped to five weeks’ rent or six weeks’ for rent over £50,000  By … Read more

Millions of EDF Energy customers could be handed a break in their bills if affected by coronavirus

Millions of EDF Energy customers could be handed a break in their bills if they face financial difficulty over coronavirus EDF Energy could offer refunds or delayed payments to people affected by coronavirus outbreak Up to six million people could be off ill at the same time at height of pandemic People being urged to stay … Read more

Prince Harry handed Russian hoaxers his mobile phone number and personal email address

Prince Harry gave Russian hoaxers pretending to be Greta Thunberg his mobile phone number and personal email address sparking security fears Prince Harry inadvertently gave Russian pranksters mobile number and email Royal insiders have blamed new PR advisers for the major security lapse  The two hoaxers posed as Greta Thunberg and her father to speak … Read more

MPs will hold emergency debate over ‘jihadi textbooks’ handed out at schools in Palestine

MPs will hold emergency debate over ‘jihadi textbooks’ handed out at schools in Palestine and paid for by £120m of UK taxpayers’ cash Reading exercises for six-year-olds funded by UK aid includes the word ‘martyr’  Nine-year-olds study maths by adding the martyrs in Palestinian uprisings About £120 million of UK funding has gone where the … Read more

Glaxo boss Emma Walmsley handed a £2.5m pay rise after bumper sales

Glaxo boss Emma Walmsley handed a £2.5m pay rise after a bumper year of sales By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 4 March 2020 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 4 March 2020 GlaxoSmithKline boss Emma Walmsley was handed a £2.5million pay rise after a bumper year of sales at the drugs giant. … Read more

Complaints rocket as Together Energy is handed 36,000 extra customers 

When energy minnow OneSelect went bust, another small firm successfully bid for its 36,000 customers and took on their accounts. It meant the Dunbartonshire-based Together Energy, which had just 100 staff of its own and outsourced a further 40 in South Africa, increased its customer total by 60 per cent — from 60,000 to 96,000 … Read more