Laura Purkess
@laurapurkess.bsky.social
Award-winning freelance financial journalist & writer. Likes politics, policy & personal finance 🌻 Ⓥ muckrack.com/laurapurkess also investinginsiders.co.uk/authors/laura
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
lost a grand on my investments this week, so I’ll be retracting everything I’ve ever said about getting involved in investing etc. this sucks
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
lost a grand on my investments this week, so I’ll be retracting everything I’ve ever said about getting involved in investing etc. this sucks
I am so over this bloody Budget and it’s still yonks away in lobby gossip years www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I am so over this bloody Budget and it’s still yonks away in lobby gossip years www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
"Supportive employment practices are vital, but so too is personal responsibility: frustration with work, still less ‘I hate my boss’ syndrome, are not health conditions"
Bad bosses lead to health conditions! Shit bosses drain people's energy and kill their productivity
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Bad bosses lead to health conditions! Shit bosses drain people's energy and kill their productivity
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Keep Britain Working: Final report
www.gov.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"Supportive employment practices are vital, but so too is personal responsibility: frustration with work, still less ‘I hate my boss’ syndrome, are not health conditions"
Bad bosses lead to health conditions! Shit bosses drain people's energy and kill their productivity
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Bad bosses lead to health conditions! Shit bosses drain people's energy and kill their productivity
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Come to Bluesky where adults roam the site all day fact-checking jokes.
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Come to Bluesky where adults roam the site all day fact-checking jokes.
xoxo, Gossip Girl
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
xoxo, Gossip Girl
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Voters really don't like inflation, and frankly everything else is secondary to that.
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Voters really don't like inflation, and frankly everything else is secondary to that.
Private Tutor - London, England, Oxfordshire - Tes Jobs
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October 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Thousands of pensions are set to be excluded from Government proposals to automatically combine millions of “small pots” under new plans by the Department for Work and Pensions
Read more: trib.al/NoUZxiq
Read more: trib.al/NoUZxiq
October 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Thousands of pensions are set to be excluded from Government proposals to automatically combine millions of “small pots” under new plans by the Department for Work and Pensions
Read more: trib.al/NoUZxiq
Read more: trib.al/NoUZxiq
nothing is sacred 😢 www.thesun.co.uk/money/370670...
Pizza Hut to shut 68 UK restaurants after collapsing into administration
PIZZA Hut is set to close 68 dine-in restaurants and make 1,210 staff redundant after collapsing into administration earlier today, The Sun can reveal. The pizza chain’s UK restaurant owner, …
www.thesun.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
nothing is sacred 😢 www.thesun.co.uk/money/370670...
nothing is sacred 😢 www.thesun.co.uk/money/370670...
Pizza Hut to shut 68 UK restaurants after collapsing into administration
PIZZA Hut is set to close 68 dine-in restaurants and make 1,210 staff redundant after collapsing into administration earlier today, The Sun can reveal. The pizza chain’s UK restaurant owner, …
www.thesun.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
nothing is sacred 😢 www.thesun.co.uk/money/370670...
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Is anyone else just quite tired of how hateful and unhinged the world is/feels at the moment
September 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Is anyone else just quite tired of how hateful and unhinged the world is/feels at the moment
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Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law.
These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.
These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.
September 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law.
These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.
These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.
well, that scared the shite out of me 🤣
September 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
well, that scared the shite out of me 🤣
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, tribunal rules
Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, tribunal rules
Woman who was immediately sacked when she insulted her manager during a row wins unfair dismissal case
Managers and supervisors brace yourselves: calling the boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, a tribunal has ruled.
The ruling came in the case of an office manager who was sacked on the spot when – during a row – she called her manager and another director dickheads. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, tribunal rules
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The Government will 'pull every lever available' to bring down child poverty, early education minister pledges trib.al/3DijgC3
September 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Government will 'pull every lever available' to bring down child poverty, early education minister pledges trib.al/3DijgC3
🚨The FCA is aiming to publish a consultation towards the end of the year on measures to 'clarify its expectations for non-advised pension transfers', which could include asking whether transfer cash incentives should be restricted
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Cash rewards for moving your pension pot could be restricted
The regulator is set to publish a consultation paper towards the end of this year
inews.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🚨The FCA is aiming to publish a consultation towards the end of the year on measures to 'clarify its expectations for non-advised pension transfers', which could include asking whether transfer cash incentives should be restricted
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
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You don’t need a posh blazer to learn your times tables, and Shakespeare is just as inspiring in a supermarket sweater.
Ahead of the school term I'm calling on schools to bring uniform costs down now, rather than wait for Labour's new laws to take action.
www.thesun.co.uk/money/363414...
Ahead of the school term I'm calling on schools to bring uniform costs down now, rather than wait for Labour's new laws to take action.
www.thesun.co.uk/money/363414...
Boost for parents as ministers call for uniform costs cut NOW ahead of shake-up
THE government is calling on schools to reduce the number of branded uniform items they ask parents to buy. It comes a whole year before the new rules capping these products come into effect. From …
www.thesun.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
You don’t need a posh blazer to learn your times tables, and Shakespeare is just as inspiring in a supermarket sweater.
Ahead of the school term I'm calling on schools to bring uniform costs down now, rather than wait for Labour's new laws to take action.
www.thesun.co.uk/money/363414...
Ahead of the school term I'm calling on schools to bring uniform costs down now, rather than wait for Labour's new laws to take action.
www.thesun.co.uk/money/363414...
I don’t think the FCA operates in the same universe as regular people…
“We found that more than three-quarters of the firms in our sample completed all transfer requests, on average, within 20 days.”
Really? *really*? I’m at six months and counting for mine 😂
www.fca.org.uk/publications...
“We found that more than three-quarters of the firms in our sample completed all transfer requests, on average, within 20 days.”
Really? *really*? I’m at six months and counting for mine 😂
www.fca.org.uk/publications...
Life insurers’ pension transfer process – review
Findings from our multi-firm review of life insurers’ pension transfer process.
www.fca.org.uk
August 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I don’t think the FCA operates in the same universe as regular people…
“We found that more than three-quarters of the firms in our sample completed all transfer requests, on average, within 20 days.”
Really? *really*? I’m at six months and counting for mine 😂
www.fca.org.uk/publications...
“We found that more than three-quarters of the firms in our sample completed all transfer requests, on average, within 20 days.”
Really? *really*? I’m at six months and counting for mine 😂
www.fca.org.uk/publications...
Sorry, 42% of kids who took maths A level got an A* or an A❓❓ Have A level exams gotten considerably easier? When I was at school, getting an A* in maths was deemed near-impossible 😦 this seems really weird?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A-level results: Why did boys outperform girls for top grades?
The percentage of boys' grades that were A* or A was 28.4%, narrowly beating the 28.2% achieved by girls.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Sorry, 42% of kids who took maths A level got an A* or an A❓❓ Have A level exams gotten considerably easier? When I was at school, getting an A* in maths was deemed near-impossible 😦 this seems really weird?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...