Revealed: £59m has been paid out in Cold Weather Payments already this year compared to ZERO in the same period of 2020 Cold Weather Payments are given to homes when it is below freezing More than 2m of the £25 payments have been handed out already this year By comparison, in the same time last … Read more
Controversial Strictly star Seann Walsh ‘has been claiming furlough payments since December after comedy gigs dried up amid the pandemic’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 01:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 02:02 GMT, 18 February 2021 Comedian and controversial former-Strictly contestant Seann Walsh has reportedly been claiming furlough payments since December amid the … Read more
Elon Musk has launched a pair of potential game-changing shifts for bitcoin after Tesla invested $1.5 billion and said it will start accepting the cryptocurrency as payment for its cars in the near future. Bitcoin’s price surged 10 percent to a record-high of $44,000 soon after Tesla’s disclosure on Monday morning. Shares of Tesla were up 1.8 … Read more
What continuous payments are draining your account? It’s hard to tell and even harder to stop – that’s why we demand action Continuous payments allow companies to continue to take payments from customers’ debit or credit cards until the instruction is cancelled Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Now TV and Spotify are among those using this method By … Read more
Britons trying to pay overseas direct debits and send money to banks and companies in Europe are having their transactions blocked as Brexit continues to cause hurdles and headaches. Those trying to send money abroad now have to provide an additional layer of detail when making payments as the UK is now classed as a ‘third … Read more
A new probe has revealed that TfL has been earning more from Congestion Charge fines than legitimate payments in the last year Motorists were handed fines totalling £130million by Transport for London over the course of a year for failing to pay the capital’s Congestion Charge. That is more than double the £52million in revenue … Read more
Universities shell out £500k on bosses’ digs: College chiefs enjoy payments for housekeepers and utilities… while students have to pay for flats they can’t live in because of lockdown £512,309 was spent on residences by 26 universities from 2019 to last year Some vice-chancellors at universities have TV licences and gardening covered Comes as students … Read more
Limit on contactless payments could be raised from £45 to £100 in one of Britain’s first steps away from EU rules The upper limit on contactless payments could be increased from £45 to £100 Idea was raised to the Treasury by UK Finance, a City lobby group New limit of £100 will need approval from … Read more
There are not many things that had a better 2020 than the QR code. Although the scannable square barcode dates back more than 25 years, it became an everyday fixture this year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Pubs and restaurants digitised their menus and Britons across the country were asked to scan black and white … Read more
Axe falls on taxpayer subsidies to farmers: George Eustice is to confirm that payments will be stopped in post-Brexit shake-up of agriculture Environment Secretary George Eustice will give details on the cuts today The subsidies will be cut from next year and gone altogether by 2028 The National Farmers’ Union warned last night that it … Read more