Midwife crisis over hours and workload
A serious shortage of midwives is depriving women of one to one care and pushing up the rate of caesarian sections and other medical interventions.
Long hours, low mora...
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Banks braced for 'windfall tax
High street banks face a recurring "windfall tax" of up to £400m every year to pay for the government's planned universal bank, according to industry executives.
B...
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Axa under fire over 'orphan' distribution
With-profits policyholders in Axa Sun Life could lose out on a cash payment of about £400 unless within the next week they return papers to the insurer supporting Ax...
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Britain's $200bn leads global takeover boom
British companies are spearheading a global mergers and acquisitions boom, investing more abroad last year than any other country, new figures showed yesterday.
Britain...
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On good form
The need to complete the Ucas form clearly and accurately may sound obvious but it's amazing how many critical errors are made that can affect chances of getting offers f...
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Failing the pensions test
Polly Toynbee's partial reading of the research on take-up of means-tested benefits by pensioners does her little credit (Targets for pensions, September 22).
The gover...
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How to protect your credit cards from the fraudsters
The latest plastic card fraud figures are enough to make you abandon convenience and go back to paying for goods and services by cheque and cash where possible. But there...
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No cash for Scottish Life members
A wealth of windfalls could be on the horizon if a number of rumoured insurance company takeovers come to fruition - but policyholders of Scottish Life hoping for big cas...
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Oxfam calls for better debt management
The World Bank and the IMF are "exaggerating" how much their flagship debt relief programme has reduced the loans burden on the world's poorest nations, a report by Oxfam...
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MG Rover tells BMW it wants more
MG Rover, the car manufacturer, last night said it was seeking more cash to boost profitability and separately was hoping to squeeze more money out of its former German o...
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