Having cared for my daughter for 33 years and claimed carer’s allowance for only half of that period because I didn’t know that I
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UK mortgage lending hits record low in sign of housing market stress
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We’re a climate action hub in need of an electricity meter
I run a community support charity which has spent two years raising £150,000 for a climate action hub. The idea is to run events,