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A checklist of vital tasks throughout the year, from filing your tax return to making the most of your holiday cash

The new year is almost upon us and you may have started filling in your phone planner for 2025 or scribbling key dates on next year’s family calendar.

But it’s not just birthdays, weddings and get-togethers to keep in mind – there are various tasks and bits of life admin (some nice, others not-so-nice) to grapple with in 2025.

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‘Shockingly lax’: how soaring British bank Starling had its wings clipped

Launched as a challenger to traditional lenders, it profited from offering state-backed loans during Covid. But then the regulator came calling

In June, Raman Bhatia walked into the fifth-floor office at Starling Bank’s headquarters in east London with a clean slate. It was set to be an antidote to a turbulent two years steering his former employer, Ovo, through an energy crisis and fines for overcharging customers.

At the digital-only challenger bank, where he was taking over from the founder, Anne Boden, things looked more rosy, with a possible stock market listing on the horizon. He began his term by rubbing shoulders with new Labour ministers in No 10’s rose garden, and charming staff during a tour of Starling offices in Cardiff, London and Southampton.