Weekly Headline Roundup: 19-05-2023

Headlines :

-> One in five expect to pay for their 2023 holidays with credit cards

-> One million disconnected broadband because they couldn’t afford it

-> UK payroll numbers fall as unemployment rate rises to 3.9% | UK unemployment and employment statistics

-> Rishi Sunak talking to EU over threat to UK electric cars

-> One million in UK switch off broadband due to cost of living crisis, charity warns | UK News

-> BT to slash workforce by up to 55,000 before 2030, with AI replacing 10,000 jobs | Business News

-> Broker queries about adverse credit and affordability rise in last quarter – Mortgage Strategy

-> Boohoo swings to £91m loss as shoppers return more items | Boohoo

-> UK interest rate rises are taking the labour market off the boil | UK unemployment and employment statistics

-> One in five Brits to pay for their 2023 holidays with their credit cards

-> EU crackdown on crypto – Chris Skinner’s blog

-> UK Cards Data: Cardholders Spent More in February, But Paid Less

-> Central-bank digital currencies are talked about more than coming to fruition

-> The promise of crypto has not lived up to its initial excitement

-> The old bank/card model is still entrenched in the rich world