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Confidence in UK economy at eleven month low

Confidence in the UK’s economy (36%) fell to its lowest level since January 2018, figures from the latest Lloyds Bank Spending Power Report has shown. Over half (54%) of the UK report pessimism toward ...

markbendle 113 views 0 likes Mar 24, 2019

World Water Day: ‘Leaving no one behind’

Imagine being unable to turn on the tap when you are thirsty or relax in the bath when you need to wash, but instead having to walk away from your home to collect and carry unsafe surface water from a ...

markbendle 137 views 0 likes Mar 22, 2019

Calls to protect access to cash for all

Bank branch closures and the ability to have ready access to cash have been topics we have covered in Mature Times a few times over the last year or so. Now new figures, obtained by Which?, show cashp ...

markbendle 135 views 0 likes Mar 21, 2019

B.E.A.T Ovarian Cancer: a personal story

Retired primary school teacher Alison Russell was advised at a hospital to eat kale and to take Buscopan medication for irritable bowel syndrome to treat symptoms that included months of abdominal pai ...

markbendle 216 views 0 likes Mar 20, 2019