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A proposed plan to trial free bus passes for under-22s in England will not go ahead as it is “unaffordable” at the moment, the government has said. The trial was one of a number of recommendations put forward by the Transport Committee, a cross-party group of backbench MPs, in a report this August – with…
Energy costs in Wales – how much will they rise by and what help is there?
With colder weather on the way, millions of households in Wales face another spike in energy costs. From 1 October, 2025, the price for energy for a typical household will go up by 2% to £1,755 per year. Bills are significantly lower than they were at the peak of the energy crisis, but another winter…
Nationwide fined £44m for inadequate crime controls
Nationwide has been fined £44m for not having the right processes in place for detecting financial crime between 2016 and 2021. The building society had “ineffective systems” for assessing risk and monitoring the transactions of its customers, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said. In one instance, Nationwide missed opportunities to identify unusual activity after £26m…
School meals to increase by almost 20%
Robbie MeredithEducation and arts correspondent, BBC News NI PA Media Around 210,000 school dinners are eaten every day in Northern Ireland Thousands of families will pay almost 20% more for school dinners for their children, under savings plans announced by the Education Authority (EA). The cost of a school dinner for primary and special school…
