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The Know Daily - Monday 30 March 2026

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Annabel Preston
March 30, 2026

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💸 Your money diaries, local election campaigns, top restaurants + free public transport

Brazil has pledged to end deforestation by 2030, putting the Amazon at the center of its climate strategy 🌴 The plan ramps up monitoring, enforcement and crackdowns on illegal logging and land clearing, plus expands protected area and offers incentives for restoring native vegetation on private land – all designed to help these vital forests thrive again.

NUMBER OF THE DAY

15,800 years

The oldest-known genetic evidence of domesticated dogs as man’s best friend.

Welcome to Money Archetypes – a new series lifting the lid on the often mysterious world of money. Each week, someone from our community shares their real-life numbers, habits and goals – the good, the messy and everything in between – because there’s no one “right” way to do finances. We’ve partnered with Maike Currie, an advocate for improving women’s financial resilience and VP Personal Finance at PensionBee, to help us out. Anything discussed should not be regarded as financial advice and as always with investing, your capital is at risk.

Maike Currie is VP Personal Finance at PensionBee, a leading online pension provider in the UK. She’s also an author, award-winning financial commentator and advocate for improving women’s financial resilience (basically, she knows her sh*t and we’re lucky to have her!). With more than two decades’ experience in markets, money, investments and pensions, she has held senior roles across the investment industry.

Maike specialises in helping women take control of their financial futures, with a particular focus on pensions, investing and closing the gender wealth gap.

🙋‍♀️ TRIVIA TIME

Which hospitality company has launched their first ever yacht?

A) Four Seasons
B) Hilton
C) Holiday Inn

Got it? Answer at the bottom.

🗳️ Labour’s campaign for the 7 May local elections is being launched by PM Keir Starmer today, as the party heads into a major electoral test. 

  • The bigger story: Around 5,000 council seats are up for grabs across England, with the Labour Party defending a large share while facing pressure from rivals including Reform UK and the Green Party. Starmer is expected to focus on the cost of living and public services, using the campaign to reinforce his leadership message around stability and progress. Forecasts suggest Labour could lose hundreds (or even thousands) of seats, with Reform and the Greens poised to make gains and the Conservatives aiming to limit their own losses, making the results a key test of how support is changing ahead of the next general election.

👩‍🍳 The best restaurants in the UK have been revealed by a team of foodies at Conde Nast – our “to be visited” lists have just doubled!

🚎 Public transport will be made free in two Australian states because of rising petrol shortages due to conflict in the Middle East.

👩‍⚕️ Resident doctors are set to strike for six days after Easter as part of the ongoing row over pay and jobs, the British Medical Association has announced. 

🐝 Hummingbirds and bees are actually having constant “cocktails” all day, scientists have discovered. 

🎤 Celine Dione is set to make a big concert comeback in Paris this autumn – near, far, wherever you (Celine) are… can count us in! 

You may have guessed by the amount of times we’ve recced books in the newsletter, but we’re big fans of a good read over here! So when a girlfriend told me about the World of Books scheme that lets you trade in your old books, I was pretty excited. All you have to do is scan it and send it off (for free!) et voila – an instant boost to the book balance! 😏 

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Trivia answer: A) This hospitality company has launched its first ever yacht with 95 suites.

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