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• Environmental concerns drop out of the top ten resolutions for 2023, in favour of addressing work life balance concerns
• Top financial resolutions include, curbing their grocery spend, cutting back on take aways and possibly not going on holiday
• 48% of the population will be making some sort of resolution in 2023, the highest number of people in the last three years
• Only one in ten resolutions lasts a whole year

New research from Go.Compare reveals the measures people are taking to try and save on their energy bills at home

• All ten of the best places to pass your driving test are in Scotland
• The hardest places to pass include locations in metropolitan London and Birmingham
• Nearly 9 in 10 people pass their tests at the best locations – compared to less than 3 in 10 at the worst.

Heathrow baggage handlers, Eurostar security staff and rail workers are all taking action this December

Just 14% of car insurance products cover personal possessions over £400 and 18% provide less than £150 worth of cover

• 33% will be more careful about spending
• Top financial concern this Christmas is affording heating bills
• 22% won’t be able to spend as much as usual
• People to spend £522.20 this Christmas, down from £605.20 in 2021

Drivers should check for side-effects on any medication they are taking

National Grid earlier today warned the market that it was poised to activate its Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) tomorrow (29^th November) in reaction to outages of France’s Nuclear energy fleet. This was then cancelled this afternoon after it secured more energy to withstand current demand.

The DFS is designed to avoid blackouts in the UK, and it is an initiative that will see certain households financially incentivised to turn off some household appliances between certain hours of the day.

• A further 27% will be using fewer lights this Christmas
• Just 21% of people will be putting up the same number of lights as 2021