Edmund H Greaves 🥑
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Editor of @mouthymoney 🫰🏼De excidio 🪶
London, England
Joined March 2009
I was turned down for life insurance. It wasn't a huge surprise, but it has lit a fire under me to fix the reason why I was refused. Earlier in the year I announced I was getting fit and planning to climb Kilimanjaro to remember my mum and raise money for Marie Curie UK. Now I'm doing it for my own life's sake and to protect my growing family too. Working in personal finance media has totally changed the way I look at money. Now it is going to totally change my health too. Wish me luck.
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@MythoBritannia Live close to Dartmoor and walk up to this wood every few months. Last time I went there are still signs saying not to enter - and I abide by that (alas my Labrador sneaks in). A thin place if ever there was one
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As someone who lives in a SW county that suffers ludicrous hosepipe bans despite phenomenal annual levels of rain, this is excellent news. Growth growth growth!
🚨 BREAKING: Chancellor Rachel Reeves will tomorrow announce that she has approved new reservoirs in the following areas: - Two in Somerset - Cambridgeshire - Hampshire - Kent - Lincolnshire - Oxfordshire - Suffolk - West Midlands This is part of the now approved water companies' management plan, unlocking a £7.9bn investment A new reservoir hasn't been opened in the UK since 1992
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Insurance policies that pay out when you have the agency to trigger what you're protecting yourself against surely is the future here
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I will fight to kick start economic growth in every corner of the United Kingdom - and work with local leaders to deliver on our national mission.
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RT @alexwickham: When we did this story in December, Labour told us Emma Reynolds would not work on China policy — now she’s been promoted…
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Tulip Siddiq’s defenestration has a direct consequence for pensions. Worth noting Torsten has fairly recently advocated for a £100k lifetime limit on ISAs. Might give the chancellor some spicy ideas…
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Mapping gilt yields via public opinion
The number of Britons saying the economy is one of the most important issues facing the country has reached its highest level in 15 months Economy: 57% (+6 from 4-6 Jan 2025) Health: 45% (=) Immigration: 44% (-1) Housing: 21% (=) Crime: 20% (+1) Environment: 19% (+2) Defence: 18% (+1) Taxation: 12% (-3)
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You're never going to get the public to agree that a new tax is a good idea (when it directly affects them)
Today's Poll: Which of these four methods to fund the BBC (TV, news, radio, online) would you most favour. Which is CLOSEST to your view?
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You can't just rebrand a career break as 'microretirement'. I've taken a career break. I didn't get a 'micropension' while it was happening.
What is microretirement? New trend emerges among millenials and Gen Z
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@HenryPryor House next door to us bought by a couple to flip. Biggest change they're making other than modernising is putting in a two-space hard standing at the back, because our (otherwise identical) property has a garage and is valued 20-30% higher. Easy profit, frankly.
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Proof, if ever there was, that Rolls owners should not drive, but be chauffeured.
Rapper Stormzy banned from driving for nine months after admitting using phone behind wheel of Rolls-Royce
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Has anyone ever done an economic study of days lost to toddler daycare illnesses? We're on number 7/8 since September and it ripples out to other family members and even childminders (which then creates issues of its own). We're pulling the boy out of daycare on Monday just to try and avoid ruining Christmas. Relentless.
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Breathtaking stuff
I was fortunate. I went in with my shirt & came out with it but many others lost a lot Illiquid assets in an open ended fund 🟰 disaster Woodford and his business partner, Craig Newman, extracted £98 million in dividends in the 4 years before it failed
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@LoftusSteve Ditto nationally-bargained pay bands in massive employers such as the NHS which have huge geographic/economic distribution variances. Cost of living for a doctor/nurse in central London very different than South Shields.
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