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Post Office prepares for deposit rush of paper £20 and £50 notes before deadline

Friday is last day Bank of England’s old-style notes will be legal tender, having been replaced by polymer versions

The Guardian - UK

Average price of a home jumped £2,587 in September, says Rightmove

Asking price of property coming onto the market in the UK is now £367,760 with growth driven predominantly by middle and high-end market sectors

Wales Online

Post Office prepared for rush of customers depositing paper £20 and £50 banknotes

Last minute dash to pay in old notes before they are banned in shops or to pay businesses

Wales Online

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‘A matter for the Bank of England’: Liz Truss refuses to discuss if UK in recession

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng also claims he can’t comment on ‘market movements’ following pound’s plunge

The Independent UK

Pound hits all-time low against dollar after mini-budget rocks markets

Odds of sterling hitting parity with dollar jump, as analysts say UK bond market ‘getting smoked’ by giveaway

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss facing party pressure amid fears over pound slump

The pound’s value has dropped almost eight per cent against the US dollar in the past month

Evening Standard

Truss’s go-for-broke gamble means Labour inherits economic mess if it wins election

Vote is there to be lost by Labour. How hard can it be to show party would do a better job on economy?

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Keir Starmer unveils green growth plan to counter Liz Truss’s tax cuts

Labour pledges a revolution in green energy to ‘boost jobs and slash emissions

The Guardian - UK

Six day warning for anyone with paper £20 notes featuring the Queen's face

The Bank of England has announced a huge change to UK money

Liverpool Echo

Inside the abandoned tunnels and vaults under famous Liverpool street

The long forgotten spaces have a rich history

Liverpool Echo

Kwasi Kwarteng insists vast tax cuts ‘not a gamble’ amid hostile reception

Chancellor refutes Institute of Fiscal Studies claim that he is 'betting the house' by putting Government debt on an 'unsustainable rising path'

Wales Online

Chancellor says mini budget ‘is not a gamble’ as pound plunges

Kwarteng defends massive tax cuts and borrowing as spooked markets leave pound at new 37 year low

Evening Standard

Half of Kwarteng’s cuts to personal tax will go to richest 5%, say experts

Thinktank says someone earning £1m will gain £40,000 as top rate, basic rate and national insurance reduced

The Guardian - UK

Pound sinks in reaction to huge UK stimulus

LONDON: The British pound plunged to a 37-year low and stocks sank after the government delivered the most sweeping tax cuts since 1972, as economists warned that the ambitious plan was unsustainable at a time when inflation is rampant.

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The Conversation

Mini budget 2022: experts react to the new UK government's spending and tax-cut plans

UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has just launched the biggest package of tax cuts in half a century. This will involve around £45bn of reductions for people and businesses by 2027 – 50% more than anticipated before the mini-budget announcement.

The Guardian - UK

This ‘mini-budget’ is a naked exercise in redistributing wealth upwards

Kwarteng’s borrowing spree will have ugly economic consequences, says Michael Jacobs of Sheffield University

Evening Standard

Pound plummets to fresh 37-year low as markets are spooked as mini-budget unveiled

Sterling declined to a new 37 year low of $1.0899

The Independent UK

Pound plummets as Kwasi Kwarteng sets out biggest raft of tax cuts for 50 years

The Chancellor abolished the top rate of income tax for the highest earners.

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Evening Standard

Stamp duty cut ‘could spectacularly backfire’ first-time buyers warned

Today’s stamp duty changes will be welcomed by London first-time buyers, however buying incentives risk increasing demand and may see a surge in prices

Evening Standard

What does Kwasi Kwarteng’s stamp duty cut mean for house prices?

Rather than reducing overall buying costs there are concerns the stamp duty cut will push up house prices

Daily Record

Warning to anyone with £20 and £50 as bank notes to expire within days

The notes will no longer be legal tender after September 30.

The Independent UK

Mini-budget ‘missed opportunity’ to help culture and night-time sectors

Industry groups have responded to the Chancellor’s announcement in the House of Commons.

Birmingham Post

The key points of the mini Budget, U-turns and what's been scrapped

A series of U turns have been made on the widely slammed mini Budget unveiled by Kwasi Kwarteng in September.

Wales Online

Chilling warning from respected economist about Liz Truss's borrowing binge to pay for her tax cuts

He fears a 1970s-level financial crisis

The Independent UK

What is inflation and what is its current rate in the UK and Europe?

UK inflation fell this week as fuel prices dropped

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