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Everyday products you should never buy full price - from toothpaste to deodorant
It discovered that prices of popular health products such as toothpaste and razors can fluctuate wildly, with shoppers able to save up to 50% by buying them at the right time
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Three big-name sun creams fail safety tests - check if it's the one you use
Researchers claimed the products - from Asda, Calypso and Bondi Sands - did not match the claimed levels of sun protection and urged people not to buy them after Which? tested 26 popular sun creams
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Shops charge up to 48% more for snacks and drinks at airports and train stations
Retailers say the price differences reflect higher operating costs - but experts say its more to do with having a captive market as you have little choice once you arrive at the transport hubs
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UK economy flatlines in April in crippling blow for Rishi Sunak
The economy marked a slowdown from growth of 0.4% in March and was dragged down by weaker-than-usual retail sales over Easter and a fall in construction output
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Privatised water companies 'paid £377 average for every hour they polluted seas'
Campaign group We Own It says eight suppliers in England handed out more than £1.35billion in payouts between them in the last financial year
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Fat cat bosses cream off 480 times more cash than the average worker
The top chief executives earned a combined £329.4m in pay and perks last year, an analysis of the annual reports from 58 firms in the FTSE 100 has revealed
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EURO 2024 bonanza as packed-out pubs forecast to boost economy by £2.8billion
Industry chiefs estimate 300 million pints will be served during the Euros this summer - as more than 14 million football fans are believed to flock to their local pubs
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Labour promises to crack down on 'unfair' car insurers as quoted prices leap 56%
Louise Haigh, the Shadow Transport Secretary, said the Financial Conduct Authority and the Competition and Markets Authority needed to probe the car insurance sector
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UK households to fund record £30billion net zero overhaul of National Grid
National Grid said the massive investment was needed to cope with an expected jump in demand for power for electric cars, data centres and artificial intelligence
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Water company set to increase bills by 91% in blow for struggling households
Southern Water is asking for the biggest jump, to an average £915 a year, while South Staffordshire and Cambridge Water are asking for the lowest rise of 24%, to £221 a year, but that is for water only
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Rishi Sunak increases wealth by £120m over past year - rich list unveiled
According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Sir Paul McCartney has become the first UK musician to achieve billionaire status, while The Sunday Times Rich List has revealed the wealth of King Charles, Rishi Sunak and Elton John
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Taylor Swift Eras tour set to give flagging UK economy £1billion boost
Analysis by Barclays suggests Swifties will fork out an average £848 to see their idol at one of the 15 UK dates on the Eras tour taking place this year
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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour set to give UK's flagging economy £1bn boost
Britain's faltering economy could be given a boost this summer with Taylor Swift's upcoming tour - with fans shelling out for tickets as well as outfits
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UK railway bosses 'leech' taxpayers of £1.5billion in dividends in just 7 years
Railway bosses who own the UK's 'rolling stock' have existed since the Tories' controversial privatisation of British Rail in the 1990s – but is this system really working for every day Brits?
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P&O Ferries boss 'couldn't live on £4.87 hourly wage paid to some workers'
Pete Hebblethwaite, who revealed he earned £508,000, including a bonus of £183,000 last year, repeatedly insisted P&O’s workers were not being exploited in a grilling before MPs
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Aslef rail union boss issues warning to Labour over workers’ rights reforms
The Financial Times claimed Labour was preparing to unveil a watered down package in the coming weeks, and ahead of a general election
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Labour rubbishes claims party is preparing to weaken workers' rights plans
Labour's 'New Deal for Working People' includes banning zero-hours contracts, ending fire and rehire and boosting sick pay - triggering concern among business leaders who fear it will mean higher costs
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Card Factory to open 26 new stores and create 250 jobs in huge expansion
Card Factory has revealed plans to add another 26 branches over the next year - this follows a similar number of openings in the year to the end of January, in a much needed boost to the high street
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Blind Lidl shopper says he was asked 'humiliating' three-word question by guard
Kevin Nugent says the number of blind people reporting being challenged by store staff for using the guide dogs has risen in recent years due to shops outsourcing security
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Butlin's wants to buy abandoned holiday resorts off rival Pontins
Butlin's wants to expand and is targeting Pontins' old sites in Southport, Merseyside, and Prestatyn, north Wales, which closed without warning in the past six months
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Thames Waters wants to hike up bills by 60% in bid to stave off financial strife
Average bills for customers of the embattled utilities provider Thames Water could soar by 44% in the next six years as the company struggles to clear its billions in debt
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'Filthy rich' water bosses a 'farce' after giving nearly £80bn to investors
Since Tory leader Margaret Thatcher opened the way for privitisation of water and sewage companies in 1989 many have been swamped in debt, yet industry bosses are raking it in
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Tata steelworkers vote to strike as company plans to axe blast furnaces
Some 1,500 defiant members of Unite, based in Port Talbot and Llanwern in south Wales, backed industrial action, a move which comes despite Labour's pledge to invest £3billion in UK steel
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Huge discount chain with more than 300 stores is sold to US firm in mega deal
Poundstretcher is being snapped-up by the US owner of Majestic Wine - however, the value of the sale to parent company Fortress was not disclosed today
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Tesco workers get £300 'thank you' after supermarket rakes in £2billion profit
The reward from Tesco came as Britain’s biggest supermarket saw profits jump by 159% in the year to February and will be received by more than 220,000 staff