Virtual carmaking? All is forgiven, Jac
When General Motors, the world's largest car maker, issues a profits alert and Wall Street analysts warn GM's credit rating could be cut to junk status, you could be forg...
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Sex education for all pupils 'needed to fight STD epidemic
Britain's soaring rates of sexually-transmitted diseases means that sex education should be made compulsory for all pupils, according to one of the most influential repor...
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Shame on your tax sham, Mr Brown
Just who do you think you are kidding, Mr Brown? In last week's Budget you promised to lift the threshold on inheritance tax (IHT) from £263,000 to £300,000 ove...
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Should I be an unpaid granny nanny?
My daughter has asked me to look after her three-year-old son while she's at work. What's a reasonable payment to ask for - and will asking for cash cause friction?
Make...
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John Battle
What is your proudest achievement since the 2001 general election?
The campaign against loan sharks.
How John Battle voted on key parliamentary votes:
Identity cards -...
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Lord Roll of Ipsden
Of the surprising number of academic economists born in what was once Austria-Hungary, who were later ennobled by a grateful British government, Eric Roll, who has died a...
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Legacy of unity comes at a high price
However you gauge it, the reign of John Paul II has been a pontificate on the grand scale. Inaugurated in 1978, it is the third longest in the 2,000-year history of the p...
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Rail delays worse than pre-Hatfield levels
Train punctuality rates remain worse than they were before the Hatfield disaster in 2000, Network Rail admitted today.
The not for profit company, which runs Britain's r...
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Home in Rio, broker in Luxembourg, shares in Tokyo
Expatriates with an eye to their financial affairs are likely to set up offshore deposit accounts, and might well invest in o. shore funds or insurance bonds. But what ar...
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Ready, net, go: useful websites
Many high street banks in Britain have offshore subsidiaries that offer a range of banking and investment services.
www.internationalbanking.barclays.com
www.natwesto...
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