Quality's the new measure ...
Health service performance indicators have long concentrated on hospitals - but all this is about to change. Primary care trusts (PCTs), now the main budget-holders of th...
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What's the difference between direct debits and standing orders?
Q What's the difference between standing orders and direct debits? I used to have standing orders set up for most of my utilities, council tax, and so on, but I notice th...
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Is Egg trying to stop me closing my account?
Q I closed my Egg credit card account, leaving a balance of £20.93. Egg agreed to transfer this sum to my bank account, which it did. I then found a negative balance...
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Britons 'favour universal pension
Most Britons favour the idea of a flat-rate state pension paid to all, rather than a system where payouts are related to national insurance contributions, a pensions grou...
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Inventive thinking
Inventive Leisure, which operates the 38-strong Revolution vodka bar chain, is the latest high street operator to become the focus of consolidation speculation - albeit n...
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Theories of Evolution
All eyes will be on Evolution Group this morning. Late yesterday, the fast-growing FTSE 250 stockbroker virtually cleared a stock overhang that had dogged its share price...
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American giant prepares to shell out ?900m for Egg
MBNA, the US credit card giant, is preparing an audacious £900m bid for Egg, the internet bank which is 79 per cent owned by the Prudential, the British insurer. Th...
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Lloyds card 'fails to live up to peers
Customers who take out Lloyds TSB's new credit card will have to spend £2,000 to earn £10 worth of rewards, making the card a worse deal than many of its compet...
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Fraud verdict implicates Mbeki's deputy
South Africa's popular deputy president, Jacob Zuma, was confronted with calls for his resignation yesterday after his former financial adviser and friend was found guilt...
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Jersey breaks promise to outlaw bribes
Britain's offshore tax haven of Jersey has failed to plug a loophole under which bribery payments made in Africa remain legal.
Despite a promise to a mission from the O...
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