Reeves’s plan to cut cash Isa limit could raise mortgage rates, say finance bosses pred 17 urami in 1 minuto Building societies fear consumers will be put off from saving if chancellor’s budget announces a 40% reductionBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves’s plan to slash the annual cash Isa limit by 40% could lead to higher mortgage rates and deter consumers from saving, finance bosses have said.The chancellor is expected to cut the maximum amount people can put into tax-efficient cash individual savings accounts from £20,000 a year to £12,000 in Wednesday’s budget. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
CPS to train staff on ‘spectrum of abuse’ in violence against women and girls pred 17 urami in 8 minutami Five-year strategy aims to improve casework after analysis finds domestic abuse in more than third of rape casesThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will train its staff to recognise the “wide spectrum of abuse” in cases of violence against women, after new data found that domestic abuse was present in more than a third of rape cases, and in more than eight out of 10 cases of stalking and image-based abuse.Launching its five-year Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy, the body said its main aims were to increase casework quality and increase trust in the CPS. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Queen of the Zoo’: Gramma, tortoise who lived through two world wars, dies aged 141 pred 17 urami in 33 minutami Gramma came to San Diego Zoo from Bronx Zoo in 1928 or 1931 and lived through 20 US presidentsAfter more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.Gramma was born in her native habitat and was estimated to be about 141 years old, zoo officials said. She died on 20 November. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
