The Times: £2 million ‘golden visa’ review is long overdue, ministers told

This article was originally written Geraldine Scott, Political Reporter, and published in The Times. The government is resisting calls to release a review almost five years old into the security risks posed by granting “golden visas” to Russians. The tier 1 visa route, whereby wealthy individuals could buy the right…

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Conservative Home: Universal Credit must be reformed to address the cost-of-living crisis

This article was written by John and originally published on All through the pandemic, Universal Credit (UC) was the dog that didn’t bark. No matter what happened with furlough, ‘bounceback loans’ or dozens of other one-off schemes to minimise the economic damage of a once-in-a-century medical emergency, UC carried on…

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FINTECH: Demand for financial tools to tackle cost of living skyrockets — but Brits still unaware of open banking

This article was written by Stefano Vaccino of Yapily and originally published in Fintech Finance News The overwhelming majority of UK consumers and businesses have turned to financial tools and applications to cope with the cost-of-living crisis, according to new research from Yapily, Europe’s leading open banking infrastructure platform. Yapily’s Open Banking…

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