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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>UK Money « Express &amp; Star</title><description>Read UK money. business and financial news from the Express &amp; Star newspaper.</description><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/</link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:35 +0100</lastBuildDate><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Grayling defends legal aid reforms]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/21/grayling-defends-legal-aid-reforms/</link><description><![CDATA[Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has endured attacks from MPs on both sides of the Commons over the Government's controversial legal aid reforms.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/21/grayling-defends-legal-aid-reforms/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:21 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mortgage lending jumps by a fifth]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/21/mortgage-lending-jumps-by-a-fifth/</link><description><![CDATA[Mortgage lenders have reported one of their strongest months since 2008 in a further sign that Government efforts are prompting an upturn in the housing market.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/21/mortgage-lending-jumps-by-a-fifth/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:20:08 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank eases mortgage hikes policy]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/21/bank-eases-mortgage-hikes-policy/</link><description><![CDATA[The Bank of Ireland (BOI) has partially backtracked on a steep rise in mortgage rates for customers who thought their repayments were fixed for life.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/21/bank-eases-mortgage-hikes-policy/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:10:21 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA['No alternative' to Royal Mail plan]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/21/no-alternative-to-royal-mail-plan/</link><description><![CDATA[Business Secretary Vince Cable has insisted there is "no alternative" to controversial plans privatising the Royal Mail.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/21/no-alternative-to-royal-mail-plan/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:50:22 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[City News]]></category><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[London tops 2012 destination list]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/21/london-tops-2012-destination-list/</link><description><![CDATA[London accounted for half the visits overseas tourists made to the UK last year, according to latest figures.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/21/london-tops-2012-destination-list/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:05 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work Programme is failing, say MPs]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/20/work-programme-is-failing-say-mps/</link><description><![CDATA[The Government's flagship scheme for helping the unemployed find work appears to be failing to tackle the most difficult cases, according to a Commons committee.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/20/work-programme-is-failing-say-mps/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:20:10 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[UK News]]></category><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation drop bigger than expected]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/20/inflation-set-for-temporary-dip/</link><description><![CDATA[Falling prices at the petrol pumps led to a bigger-than-expected drop in inflation in April, the first easing in the annual rate of price rises for six months.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/20/inflation-set-for-temporary-dip/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:19 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[City News]]></category><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesco to unveil food waste strategy]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/20/tesco-to-unveil-food-waste-strategy/</link><description><![CDATA[The UK's biggest supermarket is launching a campaign to tackle "breathtaking" amounts of food waste which it says costs households £700 a year.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/20/tesco-to-unveil-food-waste-strategy/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:22 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[City News]]></category><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moore warns of business 'border']]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/20/moore-warns-of-business-border/</link><description><![CDATA[Senior UK Government ministers have raised concerns that savers and financial institutions could be hit under plans for Scottish independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/20/moore-warns-of-business-border/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:22 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[PM 'did not raise Google tax row']]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/19/cameron-calls-for-tax-transparency/</link><description><![CDATA[Google's controversial tax affairs were not raised by David Cameron when the internet giant's boss joined Downing Street talks about tackling avoidance schemes, Number 10 said.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/19/cameron-calls-for-tax-transparency/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:07 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[UK News]]></category><category><![CDATA[City News]]></category><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA['Gloom lifting' for family budgets]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/19/gloom-lifting-for-family-budgets/</link><description><![CDATA[The pressure on household finances has eased to its weakest levels in three years, in a sign that the "gloom is lifting", a report has found.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/19/gloom-lifting-for-family-budgets/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:07 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty shops reach new high of 11.9%]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/19/empty-shops-reach-new-high-of-11-9/</link><description><![CDATA[Shop vacancies have surged to a new high of 11.9% as retail failures including Comet and Jessops knock holes in shopping centres.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/19/empty-shops-reach-new-high-of-11-9/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:07 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[City News]]></category><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[House asking prices reach new high]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/19/house-asking-prices-reach-new-high/</link><description><![CDATA[House sellers' asking prices have soared to a new high, in further signs of confidence returning to the market, a property website has reported.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/uk-money/2013/05/19/house-asking-prices-reach-new-high/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:07 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[UK News]]></category><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Co-op AGM faces up to bank worries]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/18/co-op-agm-faces-up-to-bank-worries/</link><description><![CDATA[Concerns about the financial health of the Co-operative's banking arm are likely to loom large when the food-to-funerals group faces members at its AGM.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/business/city-news/2013/05/18/co-op-agm-faces-up-to-bank-worries/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 03:10:07 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[City News]]></category><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA['Bedroom tax' prompts payment surge]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2013/05/17/bedroom-tax-prompts-payment-surge/</link><description><![CDATA[The number of people claiming extra handouts from councils to meet housing costs has soared following the introduction of the so-called "bedroom tax", figures have revealed.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2013/05/17/bedroom-tax-prompts-payment-surge/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:11 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[UK News]]></category><category><![CDATA[UK Money]]></category></item></channel></rss>
