Concern over NHS financial management
The financial management capacity of most primary care trusts - the organisations that now control three-quarters of NHS funds - is inadequate to meet the challenges they...
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He raped me, saying it was preparation for my new job
There was deep poverty in my house. We were living on my mother's pension payment because my father was unemployed. The man took me to a house in Vlore where a few other ...
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But what about the workers?
What have corporate accountability and shareholder activism to do with trades unions? Brendan Barber, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, believes a great dea...
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Online accounts face massive rise in 'phishing' scams
Gangs of fraudsters operating from Russia and eastern Europe are stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds a year from online banks by exploiting gullible and greedy Briti...
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Claimants waited five months for benefits, report finds
Leicester council's tax and housing benefit claimants were left in limbo after waiting an average of five months to have their claims processed, a report has revealed.
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Row erupts over tax on marathon
The Treasury became embroiled yesterday in a row with a number of charities putting forward runners in Sunday's London marathon after it was accused of "creaming off" ...
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HSBC launches Islamic pension fund
A pension fund designed to meet the requirements of Islamic law, or Shariah, was launched yesterday by HSBC.
Islamic law restricts the payment and receipt of interest, ...
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Plastic debt repayment improves
British consumers are paying off their credit card debt at a faster rate than they are spending on their plastic, according to figures yesterday from the payment clearing...
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Post Office relents - after seven appeals
I bought Aon travel insurance from the Post Office for a trip to Turkey. Five days before the holiday, my father suffered a stroke and died. I intended cancelling the hol...
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Job shuffle rumours at Standard Life
Standard Life is said to be hunting for a new finance director before it demutualises and floats on the stock market.
The company's finance director, John Hylands, has ...
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