Money
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TUC: household debt for average family now more than £14,000Median wages still languishing £20 a week below pre-financial crash levels, according to ONS -
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'Start off in a friendly manner': how to have the money conversationA new openness is changing the way we talk about our finances – from pay discrimination to the rise of the ‘debtstagrammer’ -
Asda extends deadline for workers to sign new contractsMore than 120,000 hourly-paid staff given a week longer to sign deals or face the sack -
Pension funds will be stuffed with Saudi Aramco shares after the oil giant’s floatation this weekend
Why are we being herded into buying part of the world's biggest polluter? -
After Grenfell, homebuyers told their flats are worthlessThousands of property owners in tower blocks are unable to sell or remortgage in the wake of the disaster
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My time on The Apprentice taught me a lot about black men in business
Samuel BrooksworthThere is a lack of black men in senior positions. We need to tackle the discrimination that is holding so many people back, says Samuel BrooksworthMy time on The Apprentice taught me a lot about black men in business -
Let’s move to Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex: it has seen off the sea for centuriesThe waves, I should add, do not need encouragement. The soft marshy sludge and crumbly fudge of the land is disappearing -
Whirlpool condemned for 'silencing customers' over tumble-dryer firesMPs hit out at ‘disgraceful tactics’ and up to 800,000 faulty dryers could still be in homes -
Homes for sale in old mills – in picturesEscape the daily grind with these former working properties, from Devon to North YorkshireGallery


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