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A petition calling for free TV licences for all Britons of state pension age and above has surpassed 50,000 signatures. The campaign, launched by Michael Thompson, argues that older people should be entitled to a government-funded TV licence. His statement reads: “We want the Government to fund free TV licences …

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. “Dancing with the Stars” judge Julianne Hough has put her home on the market. The professional dancer and actress’s house in the Hollywood Hills is listed for $7.9 million in partnership with listing agents Brandon Piller and Joey Ben-Zvi of The Agency. She lived …

Martin Lewis has urged thousands of people to check if they can open a Government-backed savings account offering a “jaw-dropping” 50% return. Help to Save is a savings account offered to people on low incomes who receive the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Universal Credit benefit. Savers can deposit …

In 2023, about one independent pharmacy closed every day, and similar numbers are expected for this year according to the National Community Pharmacists Association. Rite Aid, which filed for bankruptcy twice in two years, will potentially close dozens of additional locations.  The pharmacy chain, which shuttered hundreds of its locations …

EDF has launched a new fixed energy tariff offering the lowest fixed prices from the supplier in more than three years. The Simply Fixed Direct May 26 tariff is priced at £1,549 for an average dual fuel household paying by direct debit – £300 below Ofgem’s current energy price cap …

New Yorkers are feeling the pinch in their pocketbooks after a listeria outbreak has affected 7 million pounds of cold cuts. (Credit: WNYW) Igloo recently expanded a cooler recall to 1.2 million, noting dozens of people reported injuries while using the product. Since the recall was announced in February, Igloo …

Britain’s pensioners are being caught in a stealth tax trap – forced to hand over more of their retirement income to the Treasury. A toxic combination of frozen tax thresholds and rising state pension payments is quietly pulling hundreds of thousands more retirees into the tax net every year. A …

 Audio of an air traffic controller during the latest outage at Newark Liberty International Airport is released on ‘America Reports.’  The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Friday that there was another air traffic control outage this morning affecting Newark Liberty International Airport. The development comes after the FAA issued a ground …

Personal finance expert Martin Lewis has given a listener advice on wheher they should pull money out of Premium Bonds and instead invest in an ISA. This week the Bank of England cut interest rates to 4.25% after a slowdown in inflation, meaning savers are concerned at the implications. People …

US Foods CEO Dave Flitman unpacks inflation worries on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Krispy Kreme on Thursday said it is pausing a planned rollout of selling doughnuts in McDonald’s locations nationwide. The doughnut chain said it is “reassessing the deployment schedule together with McDonald’s while it works to achieve a profitable …