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First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Public sector pensions face big hit

Four million public sector workers will see a dramatic reduction in the value of their pension schemes, according to a new report.The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) said members will see a one-third cut in the value of their pensions, as a result of ... [Published BBC - May 17 2013]

Entities: Retail Prices Index, Consumer Prices Index, Workers, Gross Domestic Product, Reformism

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

OAPs petition to defend benefits

Pensioners have launched a 100,000-signature online petition calling on the government not to attack universal retirement benefits such as free bus travel, the winter fuel allowance and free prescriptions. If the petition by the National Pensioners' Convention ... [Published Morning Star Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Retail Prices Index, Consumer Prices Index, Disability Benefits, Age-Related

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Two-tier allotment rents will remain beyond 2015

Currently, allotment tenants on Bury Town Council-owned land, of which there are 262 plots, pay less than those renting any of the 38 plots in Cotton Lane, for which the town council has to pay rent to St Edmundsbury Borough Council.In an effort to standardise ... [Published Bury Free Press - May 16 2013]

Entities: Allotment, Retail Prices Index, Cotton

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Iain Duncan Smith

We are returning to workhouse days

WHO could fail to be moved by Mr Gotham’s letter of 10 May? Sadly, the answer must be too many, particularly those in Westminster intent on adding to the misery of those already living below the poverty line.The so-called “bedroom tax” must rank among ... [Published Andover Advertiser - May 16 2013]

Entities: Retail Prices Index, Iain Duncan Smith, Consumer Price Index

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Get on the property ladder: Government schemes explained...

What Government home buying schemes are available and are they right for you?In a bid to give the economy a desperately needed boost, the Government has introduced four new schemes to get more people onto the property ladder.Read our guide to what each ... [Published Your Money - May 14 2013]

Entities: Property Ladder, Property, Retail Prices Index

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Measuring National Well-being - The Economy - International Comparisons

All editions of this releaseValerie FenderCategories: Agriculture and Environment, Business and Energy, Children, Education and Skills, Crime and Justice, Economy, Government, Health and Social Care, People and Places, Population, Travel and Transport, ... [Published Office for National Statistics - May 14 2013]

Entities: Well-being, Retail Prices Index, Lifestyle, Census

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Legal & General Group Plc

Legal & General Life and Critical Illness Cover

Legal & GeneralThe ProductL&G has extended the benefits under the Critical Illness Cover element of its protection offering from 15 April. The changes include:- A new range of benefits under children’s cover. This now pays 50% of the insured benefit (or ... [Published Health Insurance Magazine - May 13 2013]

Entities: Legal & General Group Plc, Retail Prices Index, Ductal Carcinoma

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

No change in rate of inflation in April NEW

Isle of Man News - POSTED 20 minutes agoThe annual rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI) held at 3.3% for AprilExcluding housing costs, the annual rate of inflation shown by the RPI increased to 2.9% from2.7% in March.The annual ... [Published Manxnet - May 09 2013]

Entities: Manx Telecom, Retail Prices Index, Consumer Prices Index

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Inflation rate stays steady

Inflation has held at the same rate for the second consecutive month.The annual rate measured by the Retail Prices Index held at 3.3 per cent for April.Excluding housing costs the inflation rate increased to 2.9 per cent from 2.7 per cent.The annual rate, ... [Published 3FM Isle of Man - May 08 2013]

Entities: Retail Prices Index, Consumer Prices Index, Inflation

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Stansted: Ryanair boss slams CAA proposals on airport charges

Stansted AirportAVIATION regulators today unveiled plans for major changes in the way airlines are charged for using London?s three main airports, including Stansted.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said its proposals would mean airlines paying less ... [Published East Anglian Daily Times - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Ryanair Holdings plc, Airline, Retail Prices Index, Manchester Airport Group

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

London buy-to-let property ?performs better than equities?

Capital returns on two-bedroom flats in the south-west of London are much higher than annual dividend growth for equities.This is according to research on data from 1997-2012 by D&G Asset Management, a subsidiary of estate agents Douglas & Gordon.The ... [Published BuyToLet.com - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: London, Property, Retail Prices Index, Dividend

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 4 reports

National minimum wage to increase

The national minimum wage is to rise by 12p an hour to 6.31 for adults and by 5p to 5.03 for 18-to-20-year-olds from October, the government has announced.Business secretary Vince Cable said the government accepted the recommendation of the Low Pay C ... [Published Rochdale Online - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Minimum Wage, Retail Prices Index, Consumer Prices Index, Frances O'Grady

Quotes

"It's already extremely difficult for young people to get on the housing ladder and these accelerating loans are not going to help" he says

Revealed: Debt time-bomb for taxpayers as 85% of students will NEVER pay off their loans [Published Mail Online UK - 18 hours ago]

PCS national pensions officer Chris Haswell said: "Our pensioners have already had their winter fuel allowance cut, their pensions reduced by linking them to the lower Consumer Prices Index rather than the Retail Prices Index, closures of much-needed daycare centres and the creation of a care service lottery. "Also, the changes to disability benefits and caps on housing support adversely affect our elderly and vulnerable. "We applaud Arthur's action. He speaks for a nation of pensioners on little more than £11,000 who had their tax allowance frozen in the recent budget by this cold-hearted Chancellor." NPC national officer Neil Duncan-Jordan said: "It is vital that we reach the 100,000 ASAP." He urged unions to circulate the petition among branches and members. The petition can be signed at epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49599."

OAPs petition to defend benefits [Published Morning Star Online - May 17 2013]

"But for first-time buyers, who really struggle with the costs of buying a property, this is a very positive thing." Financial expert Jonathan Davis said the Help To Buy scheme will help sustain house prices

House prices to soar by 30% [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 07 2013]

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Revealed: Debt time-bomb for taxpayers as 85% o... [Published Mail Online UK - 18 hours ago]
OAPs petition to defend benefits [Published Morning Star Online - May 17 2013]
Public sector pensions face big hit [Published BBC - May 17 2013]
Two-tier allotment rents will remain beyond 2015 [Published Bury Free Press - May 16 2013]
We are returning to workhouse days [Published Andover Advertiser - May 16 2013]
Measuring National Well-being - The Economy - I... [Published Office for National Statistics - May 14 2013]
Get on the property ladder: Government schemes ... [Published Your Money - May 14 2013]
Legal & General Life and Critical Illness Cover [Published Health Insurance Magazine - May 13 2013]
No change in rate of inflation in April NEW [Published Manxnet - May 09 2013]
No change in rate of inflation in April NEW [Published Isleofman.com - May 09 2013]
Inflation rate stays steady [Published 3FM Isle of Man - May 08 2013]
Inflation rate stays at 3.3% [Published Isle of Man Newspapers - May 08 2013]
House prices to soar by 30% [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 07 2013]
Stansted: Ryanair boss slams CAA proposals on a... [Published East Anglian Daily Times - Apr 30 2013]
London buy-to-let property ?performs better tha... [Published BuyToLet.com - Apr 22 2013]
Inflation Remains Steady [Published Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce - Apr 17 2013]
Inflation looks set to increase again [Published Wiltshire Business Online - Apr 17 2013]
Pressure still on consumers as inflation remain... [Published This is Devon - Apr 17 2013]
REG-UK Debt Management Office Issue of Debt [Published Reuters - Apr 16 2013]
UKDMO : Issue of Debt [Published Investegate - Apr 16 2013]
GBP/USD Fundamental Analysis April 17, 2013 For... [Published Forex TV - Apr 16 2013]
Consumer Price Indices - March 2013 [Published Office for National Statistics - Apr 16 2013]
UK Mar inflation rate remains at 2.8% [Published CFO World - Apr 16 2013]
Income appeal – Rental income offers a potentia... [Published Henderson - Apr 16 2013]
Inflation up but some student loan rates may drop [Published Money Saving Expert - Apr 16 2013]
CPI inflation rate remains unchanged at 2.8% in... [Published Wales Online - Apr 16 2013]
Inflation holds steady at 2.8 per cent [Published Manchester Evening News - Apr 16 2013]
Household budgets squeezed as inflation remains... [Published The Independent - Apr 16 2013]
No let up in squeeze on household finances and ... [Published This Is Money - Apr 16 2013]
No let up in squeeze on household finances as i... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 16 2013]

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New fears about inflation as ONS quietly downgr... [Published Finance - Mar 18 2013] New fears about inflation and how official statistics may understate the rate at which the real value or purchasing power of money is being eroded are raised by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) surprise decision that the Retail Prices Index (RPI) ...
UK Inflation 2.7% in January [Published OANDA Forex Blog - Feb 12 2013] The rate of UK consumer price inflation remained unchanged at 2.7% for the fourth consecutive month in January, official data has shown. A big rise in the prices of alcohol and tobacco was the biggest factor driving prices up, the Office for National ...
Lib Dems and Labour to push for changes to bene... [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Jan 14 2013] Round two of the row over rises in benefit payments is on the way, with Lib Dems and opposition parties tabling a series of amendments to the government’s legislation. I have learned that Lib Dem Andrew George has already laid his proposals for changing ...
Measuring inflation (not that wonkish, really) [Published FT.com - Money Supply - Jan 11 2013] Having written rather outspoken columns about conceptual errors in the Retail Prices Index and criticising the UK statistical authorities for ducking the challenge of rectifying these errors , quite a few people have asked for some numeric examples ...
One potato, two potato, Retail Potato Index flaw [Published Blog - Financial News Online - Jan 11 2013] If the price of a bag of potatoes went up, would you switch to a cheaper brand? That’s the issue at the heart of the debate over how to calculate the Retail Prices Index ...