Watchdog reveals tax credit fiasco
The government is preparing to write off almost £1bn of overpaid tax credits following a series of errors and fraudulent claims that have dogged the much-publicised...
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Rural post office strategy 'is too rigid
Royal Mail must take a more flexible approach to its network of rural post offices and tailor facilities to individual needs, according to the postal services regulator, ...
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Five pillars of financial wisdom
The personal finance and investment world is not some distant land that we reach only in middle age when concerned about our impending retirement. Some financial events i...
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Council tax rebel faces second jail threat
Council tax protester Sylvia Hardy, 73, faces another prison sentence, a week after being released, for refusing to pay arrears from 2004-05.
The retired social worker r...
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Council tax rebel released from jail
A retired vicar jailed for non-payment of council tax was released today after serving 28 days in jail.
Alfred Ridley, 71, was released after spending four weeks at Wood...
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Do I have to pay to cancel a DD?
Q Having finally paid off my credit card debts, a few weeks ago I phoned up Barclaycard to close my account. That done, I tidied up loose ends by cancelling Barclaycard's...
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What can I do if someone won't repay a court-enforced debt?
Q In 1997 I lent a solicitor friend of mine £10,000. He was supposed to repay it over 10 months at a rate of £1,075 a month. He only made one payment. I continu...
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Council tax refusenik unrepentant
Council tax rebel Sylvia Hardy today said after her release from prison that she was prepared to go to jail again.
The 73-year-old was released last night after serving ...
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Rishton takes flight rather than fight
Bean counting beats union battles
Maybe it is just parochialism that makes one instinctively regard John Rishton's decision to quit as finance director of British Airway...
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Council tax refusenik jailed
A retired social worker today became the first female pensioner to be sent to prison for refusing to pay council tax arrears.
Council tax rebel Sylvia Hardy, 73, was sen...
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