Ex-Treasury taxation chief predicts North Sea swoop
A former head of taxation at the Treasury has predicted a multi-billion-pound swoop on the cash-rich North Sea oil industry in Gordon Brown's pre-budget report this autum...
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Mickey Neale
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has one of the lowest rates of adult numeracy and literacy in the UK. Mickey Neale, the borough's street cleaning manager, knew...
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Scouting report: Boaz Myhill, Hull City
After several seasons of apprenticeship at Aston Villa in which he was loaned out or was the understudy to the likes of Mark Bosnich, David James and Peter Schmeichel, Bo...
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Violence blamed on teenage mums
Britain's high rate of teenage pregnancies is a principal factor in the cause of violent crime, according to a controversial report by a leading criminologist.
Speaking ...
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OFT finds loan adverts breach code
Around two-thirds of adverts for loans found in local papers and car magazines fail to comply with new advertising regulations, the competition watchdog said today.
The ...
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Sex education drive
Sex education in our schools is not very effective, if the statistics are anything to go by. Britain has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancies in Europe. Cases ...
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Red tape is 'blocking' green micro-generation
The government's plans to encourage millions of UK households to generate their own electricity must be backed up with effective policy, energy experts said today.
New r...
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Lloyd's fears Rita may bring $60bn stress test to life
As Hurricane Rita swept towards America's Gulf coast yesterday, insurance experts in the City of London will have experienced a sensation of deja vu: the prospect of a ma...
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Brussels tells Brown to raise taxes or cut spending
The International Monetary Fund and the European commission called on Gordon Brown yesterday to increase taxes or reduce spending as both organisations separately slashed...
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Would you credit it?
Marks & Spencer got in trouble two years ago when it converted its store cards to credit cards without giving customers any choice. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) deeme...
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