Selling off by stealth is here to stay
If you take the recent discussion about co-payments at face value, you would be forgiven for thinking that they don't in fact exist. Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair have r...
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Should I get emergency call out cover?
Save the premiums
All insurance schemes generate profit for those running them, otherwise they would not exist and the promoters would go bust. Obviously it makes sense ...
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Number's up for card fraudsters
Many British shoppers are already familiar with the latest manifestation of the cashless society because they have encountered it abroad. The UK has lagged behind countri...
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New newspaper row as judge refers tabloid to attorney general
Chequebook journalism was back in the dock last night after a £10,000 payment by the News of the World to a convicted criminal ended the trial of five men accused of...
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Loyalty payoff to prince's aide 'grossly exaggerated
Prince Charles's office yesterday dismissed media speculation that his personal aide, Michael Fawcett, would be receiving a loyalty payoff of up to £1m after his res...
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Ex-Tyco director pleads guilty to securities fraud
Former Tyco director Frank Walsh yesterday pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges for failing to disclose that he had pocketed a $20m payment from the firm.
Mr Wals...
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Sorry Surrey
Surrey: Britain's richest county. Yet the investment bankers who populate its millionaire estates such as St George's Hill in Weybridge are in for a surprise. It is their...
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Vaz faces damaging new claims
Former Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz faces potentially damaging new claims that he may have received a payment from a rich businessman who is wanted for questioning i...
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Relief for Revenue as the taxman has his day in court
The Inland Revenue emitted a huge sigh of relief last week after winning a High Court case that could have given millions of taxpayers a way of reducing their liability. ...
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Premium calls off the hounds
Customers of collapsed Independent Insurance are in line for a rare piece of good news; Premium Credit, the finance company that has been chasing them to continue paying ...
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