Once you have had an offer on a property accepted, there are a series of steps the buyer and the seller must complete before the new home is yours. There are no guarantees until the contracts have been exchanged and even then you may have to wait a few weeks before the seller will be […]
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Ahead of Rishi Sunak’s statement we look at public finances, economic growth, jobs, retail and the housing market
Rishi Sunak is preparing to deliver his set-piece tax and spending update on Wednesday against the backdrop of a deep recession and the threat of a sharp rise in unemployment.
Here are five key charts that will underpin the policymaking behind the chancellor’s announcement.
Continue reading...Chancellor expected to announce comprehensive tax and spending package
Rishi Sunak is preparing to announce a wide-ranging package of tax and spending measures to kickstart Britain’s economic recovery from the coronavirus lockdown.
Designed to cushion the blow from rising unemployment and to help businesses back to their feet, the summer economic update on Wednesday comes as Britain grapples with the worst recession in living memory.
Continue reading...If your green fingers have been busy during lockdown, you may well now have a sackful more broad beans than you bargained for. Here are some creative, storable, freezable ideas to deal with the glut
• Do you have a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com
This is my first year growing broad beans, and I’ve got so many. Any ideas what I can do with them?
Liz, Northamptonshire
Nothing says summer quite like the unzipping of those fluffy jackets, so this is a nice problem to have, Liz. The good news is that, whatever their age, broad beans always have a use. Chef Henrietta Inman, who cooks and bakes using only natural, locally-sourced ingredients, eats the young pods whole, raw with butter and salt (you could add chopped mint, too), with bagna cauda or a pulse-based dip. That doesn’t automatically mean chickpeas, though: “There are so many other interesting beans and pulses growing in the UK,” she says. Her favourites come from Hodmedods, pioneer of UK-grown pulses, from quinoa to carlin peas, which she soaks, cooks and blends with herbs and olive or rapeseed oil. Cooked broads are reserved for tossing through salads and pasta, or for serving with grilled lamb. Simple, yes, but, as Inman points out, “You don’t want to do too much to them, because they’re tasty as they are.”
Continue reading...If your green fingers have been busy during lockdown, you may well now have a sackful more broad beans than you bargained for. Here are some creative, storable, freezable ideas to deal with the glut
• Do you have a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com
This is my first year growing broad beans, and I’ve got so many. Any ideas what I can do with them?
Liz, Northamptonshire
Nothing says summer quite like the unzipping of those fluffy jackets, so this is a nice problem to have, Liz. The good news is that, whatever their age, broad beans always have a use. Chef Henrietta Inman, who cooks and bakes using only natural, locally-sourced ingredients, eats the young pods whole, raw with butter and salt (you could add chopped mint, too), with bagna cauda or a pulse-based dip. That doesn’t automatically mean chickpeas, though: “There are so many other interesting beans and pulses growing in the UK,” she says. Her favourites come from Hodmedods, pioneer of UK-grown pulses, from quinoa to carlin peas, which she soaks, cooks and blends with herbs and olive or rapeseed oil. Cooked broads are reserved for tossing through salads and pasta, or for serving with grilled lamb. Simple, yes, but, as Inman points out, “You don’t want to do too much to them, because they’re tasty as they are.”
Continue reading...Figures cover first full month English estate agents were open after coronavirus closure
House prices have fallen for the fourth month in a row for the first time since 2010, though at the same time inquiries about new mortgages have surged, according to the Halifax.
Average UK house prices fell by 0.1% in June, which was the first full month that England’s estate agents were open for business again after the housing market there was allowed to restart on 13 May.
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