Don't blow all the dough on Christmas
Christmas is fun but it can be phenomenally expensive. The office Christmas party, extra nights in the pub, presents for the family, and taxis home all take their toll on...
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Bank of England frets over hedge fund risks
The Bank of England is growing increasingly concerned at large inflows of money into hedge funds as institutions and individuals are prepared to take higher risks than in...
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Work ministry chalks up sick days record
Record numbers of sick civil servants at the Department for Work and Pensions are costing taxpayers more than £100m a year, the National Audit Office reveals in a re...
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Award on the cards
In the drugs version of the Top Trumps game, heroin is the killer card. On every comparator it rates the maximum seven. If you are dealt it, you will struggle to win the ...
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Six million say: it's no credit to the government
Sarah has received 11 different notices of what she is meant to receive in the form of working tax credit (WTC) in the past year - but still has no idea.
Meanwhile, De...
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Speed of the essence in explosive duel of champions
Stand them nose to nose in the middle of a field and Moscow Flyer and Azertyuiop would probably just give each other a sniff and go their separate ways. Not for them the ...
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Washington funds false sex lessons
The Bush administration is funding sexual health projects that teach children that HIV can be contracted through sweat and tears, touching genitals can result in pregnanc...
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Brown is marking his own exams, say Lib Dems
Gordon Brown is "marking his own exam papers" on the Labour government's tax and spending policies - and should be subject to the Treasury equivalent of an Ofsted school ...
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About the data
The cost of healthcare is rising and if the national health service is to survive as a tax funded service it must do everything it can to contain costs without reducing t...
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Child abusers 'escape punishment
The vast majority of paedophiles continue to evade justice with conviction rates falling despite soaring levels of recorded child sex abuse, according to research publish...
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