Some banks are offering a pause on payments on certain loans, waiving late fees and providing no-interest loans.

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Recently, we put together a template to help medical professionals explain a confusing process. Readers gave us very pointed feedback, so we updated it.

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Hourly rate to increase by 95p to £14.80 in London and by 85p to £13.45 for the rest of the country

Almost half a million workers are to receive a pay boost after it was announced that the real living wage paid voluntarily by 16,000 UK companies will rise to £13.45 an hour.

Distinct from the national living wage, which is a statutory minimum, the real living wage is calculated each year based on the cost of essentials, and is paid by more than half of the companies in the FTSE 100.

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Une décision du gouvernement qui pourrait donner des sueurs froides à certains contribuables.

New emails show how Mr. Epstein pressured Leon Black, his longtime friend and patron, to fork over millions for financial services.

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L’une des plus grandes agences de notation, S&P, a adressé un avertissement au nouveau gouvernement Lecornu en dégradant la note de la France ce vendredi. Elle invoque une incertitude « élevée » sur les finances publiques en dépit de la présentation d’un budget pour 2026.

• WSL board examining ways of raising funds

• Loans would be used to boost payments and prize money

The Women’s Super League is exploring borrowing tens of millions of pounds in an attempt to accelerate the growth of the competition. The WSL board has commissioned the investment bank Goldman Sachs and the accountancy firm Deloitte to examine ways of raising funding anda debt deal is the preferred option at this stage.

The borrowing would be used to increase central payments and prize money awarded to clubs, with the aim of stimulating further growth in sponsorship, broadcast deals and club-led investment, as a result of creating a better product.

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