News digest — October 1

BlogWire Digest · Thursday, October 1, 2026

Top stories from the wire

Annual UK house price growth halves as mortgage rates rise – business live

Business | The Guardian · Graeme Wearden · Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:45:27 GMT

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Nationwide reports house prices fell in September The average price of a terraced home is up 1.8% over last year – making it the strongest performing proper…

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Check if you're due a cut of £126 million savings pot - simple tip to trace missing cash

Daily Express :: Finance Feed · Katie Elliott · Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:50:00 GMT

ANALYSIS - KATIE ELLIOTT: Millions of Brits are completely unaware they're due a tidy windfall.

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Fuel prices leave people asking 'what can we do?'

BBC News · Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:24:53 GMT

Record fuel prices across the country have left people in the South looking for ways to cope.

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'We're still cold paying £300 a month energy bills'

BBC News · Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:23:08 GMT

Redditch residents say they are worried they will not be able to afford heating.

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The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes

Business | The Guardian · Shane Hickey · Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:00:29 GMT

The Naylors’ four-bedroom home in Milton Keynes acts like a mini-power station after retrofitting solar panels, a battery and a heat pump Clare Naylor paid close attention to how much energy she and her family were usin…

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Healey urged to offer energy support in budget as bills rise 4%

Business | The Guardian · Heather Stewart, Richard Partington and Jillian Ambrose · Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:00:29 GMT

Millions of people in Great Britain face increase from Thursday to an average of £1,723 a year for a typical home John Healey is under growing pressure to offer fresh energy support for households in next month’s budget…

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Martin Lewis listener gets car insurance for £637 after £1,226 quote - 'can't be right'

Daily Express :: Finance Feed · Robert Rowlands · Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT

The woman said she could barely believe how much money she saved by following Martin's advice

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AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns

BBC News · Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:03:17 GMT

Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence "very carefully".

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