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Oil prices create 'huge worry' as winter looms
Cheryl Cottle-Hunkin said uncertainty was one of the biggest concerns for rural residents Thousands of households who rely on heating oil could face a fresh squeeze on their finances this winter as g
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SE Kitchen redistributes surplus food and offers cut-price groceries A "social supermarket" offering low-cost food and support to escape financial hardship is to open at a third location in Kent. SE
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By Tevye Markson 05 Feb 2026 Sally Clementson was a civil servant who had paid into her pension throughout her working life. She died in January last year. Her husband, Mark, wa
Pension delays and fraud figures
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Debt problems in seaside town among UK's worst
A seaside town has the third highest rate of people needing debt support in England and Wales partly due to it being a seasonal holiday destination, experts have said. Government figures show people