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Electricity rates ‘to rise by 1 percent’

The proposed rise is a bit higher than both CLP Power and HK Electric had proposed in their five-year development plan last year. Staff reporters Electricity bills will rise by 1 percent in the coming year, sources said yesterday, as the two power companies plan to announce their tariff adjustments today. CLP Power and […]

One in ten to be hit with £3,000 council tax bills after Keir Starmer gives local authorities permission to raise it by nearly three times the rate of inflation

One in 10 households could soon be walloped with a massive £3,000 council tax bill after Keir Starmer gave permission for the charge to continue to increase by nearly three times the inflation rate. If the five per cent cap is maintained, the amount paid by an average household could increase by £109 to a […]

When size matters

An advert for big televisions. Forget the 65-inch TVs that were considered bigger than average a decade ago. In time for the Christmas holidays, manufacturers and retailers are rolling out more XXL screens measuring more than eight feet across. That’s wider than a standard three-seat sofa or a king-size bed. Supersize televisions only accounted […]