The issue explained: GCSEs
It's GCSE day and the pass rate has gone up again - for a higher number of candidates - does this mean standards are falling?
It's the pass rate for A-star to C grades...
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It may sound silly, but it's interesting
Juding by the likes of Cahoot, Egg, Intelligent Finance (IF) and Smile, if you want to be a successful internet bank, you have to have a silly - sorry, quirky - name. But...
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The home cover that's going through the roof
Customers of HSBC and First Direct are facing a sharp rise in the cost of their buildings insurance policy this year, which could in some cases add hundreds of pounds to ...
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Hospitals blamed as sex disease figures soar
Soaring rates of sexually transmitted infections must be tackled by slashing the waiting times for treatment, the government's chief medical officer will warn this week. ...
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SFO loses half its cases
The Serious Fraud Office has suffered one of its worst-performing years on record, securing convictions against only half of suspected fraudsters brought to court and tri...
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A good time to cool down
The decision of the US Federal Reserve to end the era of low interest rates was well timed, both internationally and domestically.
In the US, expectations were nurtured ...
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Get more for your brass up north
Stories in the press this week about the possibility of rocketing interest rates will have sent shivers down the spines of a fair few homeowners. But it will have been mu...
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New tax a wind-up for small firms
Tax is one of the biggest headaches for small businesses, so the announcement in the recent Budget that the corporation tax rate on the first £10,000 of profits has ...
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China hints at plans to cool growth
A Chinese central bank policymaker warned yesterday that the country's interest rates may have to be raised for the first time in nine years to prevent investment growth ...
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On the cheap
The government is determined to "smash" school dropout rates, Charles Clarke, the education secretary, said today. But amid the celebration over today's announcement that...
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