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Car dealers have withdrawn discounts on new petrols since fuel prices rocketed - so is it now cheaper to choose electric?

Today

Average discounts on new petrol cars have slipped from 10.8% in February to 10.2% in November, while diesel discounts have fallen from 9.7% to 8.5%. Is this the tipping point to choose a new EV?

The place where Britons are most likely to use loyalty cards... and how much they earn each year

Today

Shoppers have been persuaded to join by 'member prices' - discounts that are only available to those who have signed up to their points scheme.

Anthropic eyes higher value of $1.5trillion amid scramble for shares - but will crisis at Nvidia derail blockbuster float?

Today

Anthropic's value looks set to be boosted as investors scramble to apply for shares in the AI giant ahead of its blockbuster stock market listing.

Rents surge in commuter towns as work-from-home flat sharers seek to escape cost of cities like Manchester and Bristol

Today

We reveal the towns that have seen the biggest surge in rents in the last year.

I'm 61, recently retired and took a £69,000 lump sum - a chunk needs to go on home improvements, where should I invest the rest?

Today

A This is Money reader wants to know how they should invest £69,000 now they've retired.

Nvidia shares plunge 9% as board looks set to oust boss over affairs - taking losses this week to $640bn

Today

Nvidia shares plunged nearly 9 per cent amid reports the chipmaker's board is preparing to oust boss Jensen Huang over a string of affairs.

Watering down reporting rules with online-only AGMs is 'ill-advised' - and even bosses agree!

Today

Business leaders are overwhelmingly opposed to key parts of controversial Government plans to weaken reporting rules for shareholder-owned companies, a major survey has found.

House prices will keep falling, estate agents warn as they give bleakest outlook in three years

Today

House prices are expected to continue falling over the coming months, as higher interest rates put buyers off moving home.

Leaseholders to be handed stronger powers to challenge rip-off service charges

Yesterday

There have long been complaints that the annual charges are too expensive and that the way they are calculated is not transparent.

BP's North Sea sell-off is a threat to energy security: Britain must not let its own geography fall into foreign hands, says ALEX BRUMMER

Yesterday

There is scarcely a day which goes by when government, finance or the media are not advising households on the need for a survivalist approach.

EasyJet takeover cleared for take-off by shareholders - but could regulators block Unilever's £50bn food mega-merger?

Yesterday

EasyJet shareholders have given the green light to the airline's £5.7billion private equity takeover in a move paving the way for it to fall into US hands.

ITV to show more repeats this Christmas as it cuts content budget by £25m

Yesterday

ITV looks set to show more repeats this Christmas after cutting £25million from its content budget.

First Budget under Burnham 'failed credibility test' and threatens £30billion black hole

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Labour's first Budget under Andy Burnham failed to meet a 'minimal test of credibility' and threatens to open up a £30billion black hole in the public finances, experts have warned.

Aldi to cut hundreds of UK jobs with plans to move more roles overseas

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Aldi will cut hundreds of jobs in the UK as part of efforts to reduce costs and move roles overseas as sales fail to keep pace with rivals.

Why Nvidia's stock market pain is hurting your pension but you don't have to worry if you follow this plan: RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS

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The pensions and Isas of millions of British savers have been dented this week by the revelation that a middle-aged man thousands of miles away had an affair.

Mansion tax valuers will be able to photograph homes without the owner's approval

Yesterday

Tax inspectors are being trained to take photographs of people's homes - whether the owners consent or not, reports suggest.

What's the cheapest way to stay warm? From central heating to electric blankets, hot water bottles and fan heaters, here's what they cost to run

Yesterday

We asked an energy expert to run the numbers on different heating devices and how much it costs to run them for an hour.

Do you live in the happiest place in Britain... or one of the worst? See where your home town fares in 221-strong rankings

Yesterday

Rightmove's Happy at Home Index reveals the happiest and gloomiest locations to live in across Britain, according to their own residents.

Nvidia down 30% from peak in $1.7 trillion rout as Trump reveals FBI probe into boss's affair with suspected Chinese spy

Yesterday

Chipmaker Nvidia has shed 10%, or $450bn of its value, in two days of trading after its boss admitted to cheating on his wife with an alleged Chinese spy.

We had to sell our family home to fund Mum's £8,000 a month dementia care: How you can stop your assets being swallowed by care costs

Yesterday

Hayley Garratt-Milne watched her mother Carole work tirelessly for years to buy a family home for her and her sister.