Saving offers plunge further: Goldman Sachs cuts rate on its popular Marcus account from 1.2% to 1.05% By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 12 May 2020 | Updated: 00:15 BST, 13 May 2020 Goldman Sachs cut the rate on its online saver, Marcus, from 1.2% to 1.05% Savings rates on easy-access … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson tonight announced that the coronavirus is ‘only just’ under control, admitting its reproduction rate may be close to 1. The reproduction rate – known as the R – explains how many people the average COVID-19 patient passes the virus on to before they recover. It is used to measure how fast … Read more
Germany‘s coronavirus rate of infection has dropped below the critical threshold of 1, after previously climbing amid the easing of lockdown measures. The country’s ‘R’ figure – known as the rate of infection – stood at 0.94 on Tuesday. It will come as a welcome relief for officials after remaining above 1 for three days … Read more
UK population grows at its slowest rate in 15 years as more Britons leave the country with fewer migrants arriving from abroad, latest figures show More Britons left the UK and less migrants arrived between mid-2018 and 2019 Amount of non-EU migrants arriving into the UK are at record high, figures show Today’s figures also … Read more
The DVLA has earned £3million over four years by charging callers to use controversial premium rate phone lines Income is generated from premium-rate lines that cost 51p per minute to call They are more than three times the 16p per minute standard 01 and 02 numbers The income is proving ‘a nice little earner’ for … Read more
Santander unleashes another 123 current account rate cut on the SAME DAY another one bites, costing customers hundreds of pounds in lost interest Santander today cut the interest rate on 123 accounts from 1.5% to 1% It has handed savers more bad news with a cut to 0.6% in August Savers with £20,000 in the … Read more
Germany‘s number of coronavirus infections have risen for the fifth day in a row and the government are now nervously observing the effects of easing the nationwide lockdown. The German government’s approach to the outbreak, rolling out mass testing across the country, was widely praised by health organisations and gave it the appearance of succeeding … Read more
The coronavirus spike in Germany shows why the UK must not lift lockdown measures too early, Dominic Raab insisted tonight. The Foreign Secretary pointed to the experience on the continent as he warned that easing the draconian restrictions before the time is right risks ‘undoing all the hard work’. The stark message came at the … Read more
London has been hit by the coronavirus far worse than Berlin – with a mortality rate 15 times higher, statistics show. The capital of England has recorded 4,781 deaths in hospital since the crisis began, killing 0.053 per cent of its 9million population. Berlin’s outbreak is just a fraction of the size, with 137 COVID-19 … Read more
Now banks target their LOYAL savers with cuts four times bigger than the Bank of England base rate fall Official base rate was reduced by 0.65 percentage points last month to 0.1% Readers say banks have responded with rate cuts of up to 2.5 percentage points Nationwide, Yorkshire, Co-op Bank and Santander have dished out … Read more