Legal aid for barristers
· As of last week, barristers in criminal trials are being granted legal aid under a new payment scheme which has so angered them that a very unlawyerlike boycott ha...
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Trust Nye
I disagree with John Carvel's belief that Nye Bevan would have disapproved of NHS foundation trusts (Patients as guests, payment by results - it's the new NHS, April 1). ...
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Letters to the editor
PFI is working
Nick Cohen is right when he says PFI is complicated (Comment, last week). One reason for choosing this method of public finance is that the risk of overrun...
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Don't take an interest in the details
Clever Halifax! 'Launching the UK's Biggest Regular Savings Rate - 6.05 per cent AER'. What a wheeze! The best introductory gimmick yet! Mmm...
OK, here's how Halifax p...
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Mannesmann trial close to collapse after ruling
The trial of Germany's top banker and five other executives accused of taking vast payments during Vodafone's infamous takeover of Mannesmann was last night on the brink ...
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What else can a tax inspector do?
Paul, 41, is a tax inspector for the Inland Revenue (IR) in Humberside who thinks it is time to look for a new job after the chancellor's budget announcement to mer...
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A week to go: what to do about Isas?
There may still be one week to go until the end of the tax year, but if you are planning to put cash into an individual savings account (Isa), you had better get your ska...
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Risk-takers inherit tax breaks in boost for VCTs
Income investors who can afford a bit of extra risk with some of their capital received a tax boost in this year's Budget.
The Chancellor published proposals to double...
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Leeds use stadium as loan collateral
Leeds United's Elland Road ground will pass to the ownership of the property developer Jack Petchey if the club default on the terms of a substantial loan made by Petchey...
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What's wrong with the Serious Fraud Office?
What's happening at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)? Two multimillion pound prosecutions have just collapsed, raising concerns about Britain's foremost fraud investigating...
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