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Average price of home rose 0.2% month on month in August to £275,465 as market awaits interest rate vote UK houses near top state secondary schools cost £40,000 more, research reveals UK house prices increased for the first time in four months in August, according to a leading index, as buyers and sellers remain in a “holding pattern” before an expected increase in interest rates later this year. The average price of a British home rose 0.2% month on month in August to £275,465, the first increase since April, according to Nationwide. Analysts had forecast a 0.1% rise in house prices...

Selling direct to public helps squeezed farmers control prices and improves access to food in rural areas Fizzy drinks, packets of crisps and bars of chocolate: for decades, vending machines were known as a place to grab a quick snack. Now one family of farmers is trying to change that by bringing vending machines offering fresh milk and local produce – including scotch eggs, sausage rolls and brownies – to villages and other rural locations...

FCA chief, Nikhil Rathi, warned of ‘adverse consequences’ if challenge made to settlement, court filings allege The boss of the UK’s financial regulator is accused of threatening a consumer group with “adverse consequences” if it blocked a £9.1bn compensation scheme meant to settle the motor finance scandal. Legal documents reviewed by the Guardian said the alleged comments by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive, Nikhil Rathi, amounted to “an inappropriate intervention by a public official”...