Money
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We were banned from easyJet because of our travel agent’s fraudWe had paid the agent but the airline said we owed £900 -
Sunsets, supermoons and cold hard cash: 50 things you miss while staring at your phoneThe average British child spends almost two days a week gawping at a screen. Meanwhile, a lot is going on around them – from fireworks to fox fights -
Complaints over new high-cost loans more than tripleUK ombudsman taking tougher stance with lenders amid huge rise in cases involving successors to payday loans -
Labour 'red wall' seats hit hardest by wage stagnation, report findsResolution Foundation’s analysis shows new Tory seats not among worst-off areas
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Should you report local drug crime – or keep schtum to protect house prices?According to police, residents of Melbourne in Derbyshire are reluctant to report incidents for fear of causing property prices to drop. But the town is hardly the drugs capital of the UK … -
I paid Currys £699 for an empty box, charger and headphonesMy mother signed for the iPhone but when I opened the package it was missing -
Alarm at Ofsted-style plan to rank universities by graduate earningsFears government’s bid to ensure students get value for money will damage arts courses and struggling regions -
The wealth gap: how changing fortunes tear close friends apartIt’s not uncommon for friendships to end because of finances – whether a sudden salary rise or fall. But with care and forethought it is often possible to prevent the rupture
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The Guardian view on Windrush compensation: why the delay?Editorial: That only 36 people have received payments is unacceptable when so many suffered so much for so long -
Letters: Roger Brown says the rot started with a 1985 green paper which declared that the fundamental purpose of higher education was to serve the economy, Glyn Turton points out that humanities teach people to see through lies and hypocrisy, and Sharman Finlay says degree choice is not necessarily linked to career optionsHumanities are not the right courses to cut -
Yorkshire Water challenges regulator over price controlsOfwat faces CMA scrutiny after setting out how much water firms can invest and charge -
Disability charity boss jailed after stealing from pension fundPatrick McLarry sentenced to five years for defrauding scheme of more than £250,000



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