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Four more electric cars qualify for Labour's £3,750 discount scheme - but will it tempt drivers after bombshell EV pay-per-mile tax announcement?

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The DfT said the Mini Countryman, Alpine A290 and Renault 4 and 5 EV have all met its stringent sustainability criteria and will be awarded a £3,750 discount.

RAY MASSEY: Ford Transit turns 60 and it's as fun as ever

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The first van left the production line at the company's commercial vehicle factory in Langley, Berkshire, on August 9, 1965 - before going on sale that October, priced from £542.

I discovered the TV I bought on Black Friday was cheaper in October - can I claim the difference? DEAN DUNHAM replies

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I bought a television in the Black Friday sales last week, but I have just found out that the same TV was actually available at a cheaper price in October.

Drive another day: James Bond Aston Martin DB5 that was bought for £900 is reborn - and now worth £1million

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Welshman John Williams - a welder and garage owner by trade - was just 18 when, in 1972, he set himself the target of buying his dream car: an Aston Martin DB5.

Mortgage misery for four million households as bills soar despite interest rate cuts

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Nearly four million households will be hit with higher mortgage costs over the next three years even though interest rates are now coming down, the Bank of England has said.

Zopa launches one-off £15,000 prize draw for new customers who open a Biscuit current account

Today

There are six prizes up for grabs. The top prize is £10,000 in cash, with five sums of £1,015 also on offer.

Investors fear an AI bubble - but they are pumping more into tech stocks anyway

Today

More than 6 in ten said they expect markets to keep growing over the coming 12 months.

On The Beach cheers bumper bookings as families 'protect their holidays' in face of financial trouble

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The travel firm said it is on track for a record year in 2026. Summer bookings are up 8% compared to this time last year - with Turkey and Spain topping the list.

Households on the hook for £203,000 each to cover cost of gold-plated public sector pension promises

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The cost of gold-plated public sector pensions has ballooned to almost £6trillion this year, while private sector workers face a Budget raid on their retirement saving.

WPP set to crash out of the Footsie after 27 years with shares down 65% this year

Yesterday

The company is expected to leave the blue-chip index in the next reshuffle having seen its shares fall more than 80% since their peak in 2017.

Consumer fears dent Topps Tiles with sales slowing in the build up to the Budget

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Topps Tiles said sales in the first nine weeks of the new financial year rose by just 3.3% as worried consumers put off big spending decisions such as house renovations.

Red alert over private credit as fears of an AI bubble continue to grow: ALEX BRUMMER

Yesterday

The Chancellor asked Andrew Bailey to loosen restrictions on bank lending as part of an increasingly invisible growth strategy, and the governor obeyed.

The 100 names most likely to win big on Premium bonds (and it's great news if you're called David or Susan!)

Yesterday

Almost a quarter of the population of the UK hold Premium Bonds with the hope of becoming a millionaire in one of the monthly prize draws.

Design boss behind Jaguar's 'woke' rebrand departs abruptly after 21 years with the company

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Sources said chief creative officer Gerry McGovern, who helped design the new Jaguar Type 00 concept electric vehicle, left the company on Monday.

Trick to cut thousands off your council tax bills AND beat the mansion tax - but get it wrong and your whole street could pay more!

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves' 'mansion tax' - which will hit owners of homes worth more than £2m - will be based on their council tax band.

Are YOU about to have your pension taxed? Millions are set to be hit - here's how to protect your nest egg

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Rachel Reeves has guaranteed younger pensioners a tax handout - while retirees over the age of 75 have been excluded.

I sent box of jewellery to a vintage website but it lost the package and has offered me only £85: SALLY SORTS IT

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In September I had a box of jewellery collected by reselling website Vintage Cash Cow for valuation. I didn't hear anything for a month, so telephoned.

Bank of England sounds the alarm as foreign hedge funds snap up billions in UK debt

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The Bank warned the growing involvement of the firms in buying up UK bonds raised the risk of markets becoming 'disorderly' and seizing up.

JLR design chief Gerry McGovern exits - the man responsible for Jaguar's polarising rebrand

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JLR design boss Gerry McGovern has left the manufacturer - the man responsible for Jaguar's polarising rebrand.

Why Premium Bond holders are in for a great deal in the coming weeks, reveals SYLVIA MORRIS

Yesterday

Premium Bond holders could be in luck over the next three months. The Budget last week may have been full of gloomy news for savers but there was one ray of light.

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