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East Riding Charity Launches Energy Support Initiative to Ease Household Costs
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (539+ words) Wednesday, 11 March 2026 18:30 Citizens Advice Hull & East Riding is offering 1,000 free energy-saving kits to local households to help combat rising living costs, alongside new weekly drop-in advice sessions across the region. Residents across the Yorkshire Coast and the wider East Riding…...
The 'dropping tax band' trick that could help you now - and boost your pension | Money newsletter
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (381+ words) I Kissed A Girl Sunday, 8 March 2026 10:54 This coming Friday, we look at the pros and cons of using salary sacrifice to intentionally drop a tax band. So join our growing Money community - and thanks to the tens of thousands of…...
Ovo to compensate vulnerable customers 'left without support"
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (644+ words) Thursday, 22 January 2026 12:37 One of the UK's biggest energy providers is to compensate more than 11,000 customers, most of them vulnerable, for failing to pay electricity bill discounts on time. Ovo, the country's fourth largest gas and electricity supplier, was more than…...
Second Home Tax Could Fund Over 500 New Homes in North Yorkshire
1+ year, 14+ hour ago (818+ words) Wednesday, 12 March 2025 06:00 By Joe Willis, Local Democracy Reporter Revenue from a doubling of council tax on second homes in North Yorkshire is set to be used to build more than 500 affordable homes. North Yorkshire Council chiefs hope the 100 per cent…...