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Care needs assessment in England: how to get help from your council
A care needs assessment from council social services is free and anyone can ask for one. The council generally helps with care costs if savings are below £23,250, and carers have a right to a separate assessment of their own.
V5C log book: changing your address, selling a car and getting a replacement
The V5C log book answers three questions: who to tell when you move, what to do when a car changes hands, and what a replacement costs. Saying nothing about a new address can cost up to £1,000, a duplicate costs £25, and vehicle tax does not pass to the buyer.
The train as the holiday: Britain's Christmas and weekend journeys, and what they cost
A seven-course lunch in a 1930s carriage, Christmas markets with no parking, a night in a cabin through the Highlands. Operator prices, from £67 a table to £8,950 per person.
London New Year's Eve fireworks: tickets from 23 October, £35 for Londoners
Sales open at midday on 23 October 2026, through Ticketmaster only. Category A is £55, or £35 for Londoners; Category B is £40 and £20. No refunds, and you cannot move between areas.
Renting in London and England: prices, where to search and the 2026 rules
Average London rent is £2,332 a month. Since 1 May 2026 bidding above the advertised rent is banned, deposits are capped at five weeks and rent in advance cannot be demanded.
Attendance Allowance: £76.70 or £114.60 a week and six months of needing care
A care payment for people of State Pension age. Income and savings are not counted, but you must have needed help for at least six months.
Statutory Sick Pay: £123.25 a week, 28 weeks and seven days before a fit note
Sick pay in Britain is paid by your employer. The rate, who qualifies, when a fit note is required and what to do if you are refused.
Shared Parental Leave: 50 weeks off and 37 weeks of pay to split between parents
A mother can hand part of her maternity entitlement to her partner — up to 50 weeks of leave and 37 weeks of pay. The rules, the £194.32 weekly rate, notice periods and blocks.
E-scooters in Britain: your own is illegal, a rental is not
A privately owned e-scooter cannot be ridden on the road, the pavement or in a park: fine, penalty points and seizure. Only rentals inside trial areas are legal, and there are just over twenty of them.
Business sold? What TUPE protects — and what it does not
When a business is sold or a contract changes hands, the employment contract moves to the new employer in full — service, holiday and terms included. Refusing to transfer counts as resigning.
Rent a Room: £7,500 a year tax-free for a room in your own home
Letting a furnished room in your own home is tax-free on up to £7,500 a year, or £3,750 if the income is shared. Below the threshold you file nothing; above it, Self Assessment is compulsory.
Soviet Underground play Dalston on 14 November, free entry
The London band playing songs by Kino, Nautilus Pompilius and Zoopark are at The Victoria on Saturday 14 November. Doors at 8pm, free entry but ticketed in advance through DICE. Also on: The Paisley Daze and a disco set from Vadim Kosmos.
Life in the UK Test: £50, 24 questions in 45 minutes and a 75% pass mark
You need it for settlement and citizenship. Book at least three days ahead; the £50 comes back only if you cancel 72 hours before, and illness on the day is not a ground for a refund.
UK food prices: the basket, the pint and the fish supper
Food inflation is 1.3%, a five-year low, but nothing got cheaper. A single adult's weekly food budget is £79.71, a pint £5.34, a fish supper £11.17. And why the official pint series stopped in January 2025.
London souvenirs: why the red bus magnet costs more, and what you can get free
Embroidery at UNIQLO from £10, a Routemaster magnet £4.50, a roundel magnet sheet £12. The gap is explained by Transport for London's licensing. Plus two free things, one of which ends on 31 October.
The Wallace Collection: a free museum where everything hangs where it was meant to
Hertford House on Manchester Square: free entry to the permanent collection, open daily 10:00–17:00, seven minutes from Bond Street. One of the world's finest holdings of 18th-century French art — and the no-loans rule that was lifted in 2019.
UK dates to know, 17 October to 31 October: 8 to watch
The next two weeks in the UK: 8 dates worth keeping in mind, 1 of them hard deadlines. Taken from our calendar: bank holidays from the GOV.UK list, deadlines from HMRC and Companies House rules, each with a link to the source.
Earned settlement: still no government response, and February 2027 is close
The consultation closed on 12 February 2026 and GOV.UK still says it is analysing the responses. The move from five years to ten is settled in principle; the transitional arrangements are not. Keeping five years for those already here is one option, not a decision.
UK fuel prices: petrol 174.2p, diesel 199.1p — weekly review
The average price of E10 petrol in the UK is 174.2p a litre and B7 diesel 199.1p. Petrol is down by 0.4p over the week, diesel by 0.6p. Calculated across 8131 forecourts from the government Fuel Finder dataset.
Driving licence at 70: free renewal every three years and six rules for driving meanwhile
From 70, a British driving licence is renewed every three years and renewal is free. You can apply up to 90 days early, and driving while DVLA holds your licence is allowed only on strict conditions.
£50,000 a day: how London's richest residents spend their money
The average British household spends £676.60 a week. A wealthy Mayfair resident contributes up to £50,000 a day to London's economy, and a visiting one £4.5m over 90 days. Where the figures come from, and how far to trust them.
London Living Wage rises to £15.45 an hour
The Living Wage Foundation has set its 2026-27 rates: £15.45 in London and £14.10 across the UK, both up 65p. The rate is voluntary and employers have until 1 May 2027.
Cold Weather Payment: £25 for each seven-day freeze from 1 November, paid automatically
From 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027 you get £25 for each seven-day period when the average temperature in your area is zero or below. It is paid automatically, but only on four qualifying benefits.
Junior ISA: £9,000 a year tax-free, and the child gets it at 18
A children's savings account with no tax on the income. Anyone can pay in, the child takes control at 16 and can withdraw at 18, and you cannot hold one alongside a Child Trust Fund.
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