Wildy unaffordable shared ownership scheme leaves buyers exposed to costs

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The boss of Pinterest has told the BBC the death of Molly Russell is a daily reminder of the urgent need to make social media safer for young people. The app – which functions like a digital notice board – hit the headlines when the 14-year-old, from Harrow, in northwest London, took her own life…

Faarea MasudBusiness reporter Getty Images Boxing Day sales have seen a muted start as shoppers continued to shun bricks-and-mortar stores in favour of online. By 3pm, visits to UK high streets were down 1.5% on 2024, while shopping centres saw a 0.6% fall, according to data from MRI Software. MRI’s footfall data showed retail parks…

Senior bankers will be able to pocket bonuses more quickly under a relaxation of rules brought in after the financial crisis of 2007/2008. Senior bankers have had to wait up to eight years to collect their bonus in full to make sure the deals they were being rewarded for turned out to be profitable longer…

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride has called for the UK’s financial regulator to investigate “possible market abuse” by people working in the Treasury and Downing Street in the run-up the Budget. The move comes as Chancellor Rachel Reeves denied she misled the public over the state of the country’s finances, after it emerged she and officials…