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How to Manage Your Living Expenses as an International Student in Liverpool?

Studying in Liverpool as an international student offers an exciting academic and cultural experience, but managing daily living expenses is an essential part of student life. From accommodation and groceries to transportation and leisure activities, costs can quickly add up without proper planning. Therefore, learning how to budget effectively and make smart spending decisions is key to maintaining a balanced student lifestyle while studying in the city.

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South West Water announces tariff freeze

South West Water is to freeze all its standard tariffs and standing charges for consumers and businesses until April 2015 and is also proposing to keep average bill rises below inflation to 2020.

The Exeter-based water and sewerage company is the first in the UK to freeze tariffs for all of its 800,000 customers in 2014/15. Otherwise, customers may have faced rises of four per cent – a £22 increase on the average annual household bill – under the price limits previously agreed in 2009.

This year, the South West was the only region in the UK to see bills tumble – by 7.3% –...

RSPCA announces change to lost and found service

The RSPCA is announcing a change in the way that reports of lost and found animals are logged. From 1st December 2013, members of the public will be asked to go to PetsLocated.com if they have lost a pet or found an uninjured stray domestic animal.

From 1st December members of the public who have lost their pet or have found an uninjured stray will be asked to visit the PetsLocated.com website as opposed to calling their local RSPCA branch.

The website, which is already frequently used, allows visitors to register a report of a lost or found animal and can be used to search...

B&B owners lose UK Supreme Court case

The owners of a Cornish bed and breakfast who turned away a gay couple have lost their legal battle in the UK Supreme Court.

Owners, Peter 74 and Hazelmary Bull, 69, said that their beliefs as Christian’s prevented them from renting a double room to civil partners Steven Preddy and Martyn Hall.

Speaking after the appeal Hazelmary Bull said: “We are just ordinary Christians who believe in the importance of marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

“Our B&B is not just our business, it’s our home. All we have ever tried to do is live according to our own...

Ben Handy joins St John’s Chambers Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Practice Groups

St John’s Chambers is pleased to welcome Ben Handy as a new member of our personal injury and clinical negligence practice groups.

Originally from Bristol, Ben was a tenant at 7 Harrington Street Chambers in Liverpool from 2008 where he completed his pupillage. Since being called to the Bar he has built a successful practice in the field of personal injury. He has regularly acted in a wide range of medium to high-value cases with an emphasis on employers’ liability and cases involving allegations of fraud. Ben has appeared in the Court of Appeal and has a personal interest in the...

£40,000 investment opens up Coast Path to thousands of wheelchair and pushchair users in time for Christmas

The completion of seven coastal access schemes along parts of the South West Coast Path, and the addition of 40 extra walks on its website means that now, for the first time, thousands of people with limited mobility and those with young children in pushchairs are able to enjoy stretches of the breathtaking National Trail that were once impassable.

Newly accessible walks include parts of Padstow where a £24,000 project to improve the surface and widen the path in Stile Field, which both Cornwall Council and Padstow Town Council helped to fund, now means that as well as enjoying the...

Report into RBS passed to watchdogs

Business secretary Vince Cable has passed a report that claims RBS has put some “good and viable” businesses into default financial regulators. Government advisor, Lawrence Tomlinson has released a report today which focuses on the way that RBS has been operating its Global Restructuring group (GRG).

The GRG is the ‘turnaround’ division of RBS which takes loans viewed as risky. The GRG is understood to have the power to scrap loan deals and charge penalties.

This has proven to be a profitable system as the fees bring in further money to the bank and if the business goes...

Clare's Law goes national in 2014

The government has announced plans to give police powers to disclose certain details of people’s criminal pasts to forces across England and Wales next year.

The Home Office led scheme gives people the ‘right to ask’ police if their partner has ever had convictions for domestic abuse and allow police to disclose details of a criminal in certain circumstances.

All requests must go through a panel of Police, Probation services and other agencies to ensure that the information is only passed on where appropriate.

The scheme also offers support to victims to help during...

Government announces cap on payday lending

The Government has announced that it plans to introduce a new law capping the interest charges of payday loans.

The cap which has yet to be set will be decided by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the new industry regulator.

The announcement marks a turnaround in policy as the government and the FCA have previously said that a cap was unnecessary.

The cap has been included in the Banking Reform bill which is currently going through parliament.

A similar cap has been introduced in Austrailia which has limited interest to 4% per month with a single one-...

Conference on youth disaffection

Leading education researchers gathered in in London today (Friday 22 November) to debate how national policies and decision-making is resulting in disaffection among young people.

Accelerating inequality in the UK has hit young people especially hard, with unemployment and underemployment amongst 18-24 year olds at historic highs.

As the cost of living rises, young people remain most likely to be paid below the living wage, with benefits failing to keep pace with inflation, having more conditions attached, or having been withdrawn altogether.

In a bid to investigate...

RSPCA campaign for slaughter labels

A RSPCA has launched a new campaign to change the law on how labels on meat show how an animal was killed

The campaign began in response to a proposal in the European Parliament which on labelling that will indicate if an animal was stunned before death

The society is calling for its supporters to contact MEPs to add their signature of support for the proposal. The RSPCA believes that if method of slaughter labelling becomes a requirement within the EU, it will provide consumers with clearer information about how animals are treated at the end of their life. “We would...

UK News

How to Manage Your Living Expenses as an International Student in Liverpool?

South West Water announces tariff freeze

RSPCA announces change to lost and found service

B&B owners lose UK Supreme Court case

Ben Handy joins St John’s Chambers Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Practice Groups

£40,000 investment opens up Coast Path to thousands of wheelchair and pushchair users in time for Christmas

Report into RBS passed to watchdogs

Clare's Law goes national in 2014

Government announces cap on payday lending

Conference on youth disaffection

RSPCA campaign for slaughter labels

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