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Image caption Darren received help for his money problems and is now debt-free After taking out one loan after another, then adding credit card debt, Darren had borrowed £32,000 he could not pay back. The 44-year-old, from Stoke, was juggling minimum payments and was struggling to cope. “I was not reducing the debt, it was […]

Image copyright Getty Images Nearly one million people in the UK missed the deadline for filing their tax return, but this was an improvement on the previous year. A total of 11.1 million did hit the deadline of the end of Friday to complete their self-assessment tax forms. Mostly those with more than one source

Image copyright Getty Images Boris Johnson has set out his vision for a trade deal with the European Union, saying there is “no need” for the UK to follow Brussels’ rules. The PM called for a Canada-style free trade deal, saying the UK could return to the Withdrawal Agreement deal. But the EU’s Michel Barnier

Image copyright Getty Images Asia’s biggest budget airline has denied allegations it was paid a bribe of $50m (£38m) by planemaker Airbus, AirAsia says it “vigorously rejects” claims it was paid to buy 180 planes from the European manufacturer. The allegations have surfaced after Airbus agreed to pay $4bn in fines to settle accusations of

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The early Levis used dyes derived from plants If there’s one thing you can count on finding in anybody’s wardrobe, it’s a pair of jeans – and the chances are those jeans will be blue. The original work trousers, invented by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss in 1873, were

Image copyright Getty Images Fears over the deadly coronavirus have triggered a sharp fall in Chinese shares as markets reopened after the Lunar New Year holiday. The Shanghai Composite index opened almost 9% lower, and commodity prices also slumped. That’s despite China pumping an extra 150 billion yuan ($22bn; £16.3bn) into the economy. The central

Image copyright Getty Images Some 8.6 million people claimed sick days last year because they found their jobs “too painful”, a survey suggests. Released on what some dub “National Sickie Day”, the research claimed concerns about work culture, colleagues and workloads were to blame. However, it also said 12 million workers went to work genuinely

Image copyright Claire Griffiths “My overdraft cost will nearly double – why am I being punished?”, asks Claire Griffiths from Northamptonshire. From April, she predicts the cost of her £2,250 overdraft will jump from around £43 a month to over £74. “The increase is worrying,” she says. Ms Griffiths has had an arranged overdraft –

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption China urged citizens to wear face masks in public places during the spring festival China is to pump a net 150 billion yuan ($22bn; £16.3bn) into its economy on Monday to help protect it from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. China’s central bank said the move would ensure

Image copyright EPA Image caption Mr Pompeo (R) is the first US secretary of state to visit Belarus since Mr Lukashenko (L) came to power in 1994 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told Belarus that Washington can provide it with all the oil it needs. Belarus is currently in a row with main