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Bank of England maintains current monetary policy
Interest rates will stay at 0.1%.Rent debt threatens 330,000 hospitality jobs
Eviction bans are to end in July.History shows COVID-19 debt ‘can be coped with’
The debt-to-income ratio was 250% in 1947.New scheme launches to help people in debt
700,000 will benefit from Breathing Space scheme.SEISS scam email circulating online
Spelling mistakes give the fake document away.HMRC starts sending tax credit renewal packs
The renewal deadline is 31 July 2021.4 changes to the construction industry scheme
The tweaks are designed to crack down on abuse of the previous CIS rules.Self-employed income support scheme: Round Four
Everything you need to know as the fourth tranche of taxable grants open.UK 2021 growth prospects brighten
Economists predict fastest growth since 1941.3 in 5 support using tax to fight climate change
Carbon taxes are most popular.
In the 11th and 12th centuries half a million pilgrims a year travelled on foot from all over Europe to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. In September 1992 Patrick Shanahan retraced their steps, recording his 500 mile journey in a series of photographs, some of which are reproduced on this website.