England now has a lower coronavirus infection rate than Scotland for the first time since April and cases have dropped by a third in a week, official figures revealed today, sparking fresh calls for Boris Johnson to ease restrictions earlier. Department of Health statistics showed England’s weekly rate was 61 cases per 100,000 people by … Read more
Easy-access savings rates have fallen by seven tenths, but many mortgage borrowers have barely benefited since the Bank of England cut its base rate to an all-time low last year, data suggests. Savings rates have plummeted but some of Britain’s biggest lenders have failed to pass on the full 0.65 percentage point cut since last … Read more
Unemployment rate among recent graduates is more than DOUBLE the rate for UK workers as a whole according to new figures showing how the pandemic is hitting the youngest workers hardest Those fresh from university had unemployment rate of 12 per cent, ONS found Compared to already dire 5.1 per cent rate for the UK … Read more
Britian’s Covid R rate has ticked upwards but is still below one, experts said today, as a raft of official data showed cases are still falling and a top scientist called for lockdown curbs to be eased sooner. Sage experts said the rate – which estimates the spread of the virus – is now between … Read more
The Chancellor is aiming to unlock some of the £143billion worth of lockdown savings by Britons to fund the country’s green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the Treasury has revealed. Ordinary savers will be able to buy into ‘green savings bonds’ offered through National Savings & investments later this year, according to an announcement released … Read more
Yorkshire boosts loyalty factor: Building Society offers existing savers a top rate of 3.5% By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 23 February 2021 Yorkshire BS’s Loyalty Regular Saver offers a top rate of 3.5% Around 1.6 million loyal members of Yorkshire BS can now earn … Read more
Fifteen per cent of all local authorities in the UK had smaller coronavirus outbreaks than before the second wave spiralled out of control in September, MailOnline can reveal. Department of Health figures showed 59 out of 380 councils across the country had a lower infection rate in the week ending February 16, the latest available, … Read more
Fifteen per cent of all local authorities in the UK had smaller coronavirus outbreaks than before the second wave spiralled out of control in September, MailOnline can reveal. Department of Health figures showed 59 out of 380 councils across the country had a lower infection rate in the week ending February 16, the latest available, … Read more
Contact tracing reduces the speed of the coronavirus’s spread by a maximum of five per cent and as little as two per cent, NHS Test and Trace boss Dido Harding has revealed. Baroness Harding said in a report to Parliament’s science committee that the act of tracking down people who have been close to Covid-19 … Read more
Marcus account by Goldman Sachs re-opens to new savers paying a top rate of 0.5% By Sylvia Morris For Daily Mail Published: 00:01 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 00:01 GMT, 10 February 2021 The popular Marcus account by Goldman Sachs bank is re-opening to new savers from today. It will pay a top 0.5 … Read more