Increase in teenage pregnancies
The government's programme to cut the rate of teenage pregnancy has faltered, according to official figures yesterday showing an increase in conceptions in England among ...
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Banks to help claimants
The banking industry will pledge today to do more to offer basic accounts aimed at people on social security.
The promise, to be made in a review of the banking code, f...
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FKI bid torque tightens a notch
Bid speculation gripped the engineering sector yesterday, with FTSE 250 conglomerate FKI being the main beneficiary.
FKI's shares shot up 14% before settling 6.75p - or ...
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Cost of borrowing goes up in US
America's central bank, the Federal Reserve, last night raised interest rates for the fourth time in six months and warned US consumers and businesses to expect further i...
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Bank set to meet inflation target
The Bank of England today hinted that interest rates may have peaked as it said it was on course to meet its inflation target assuming that rates remain unchanged.
The ...
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Home truths about tax
If Polly Toynbee and Kate Barker want "a tax on all your houses" (Comment, November 5), they shouldn't stop at new ones. In fact, the planning gain supplement is a specie...
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China lets in a little more light
China, having surprised the world 10 days ago with its first interest rate rise in nine years, took another unusual step last week by publishing for the first time the an...
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Commanding heights
In March 2000 the British government created the world's first minister for corporate social responsibility (Nigel Griffiths, appointed in the latest reshuffle, is now th...
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Will Labour get credit for lending reforms?
In what is widely expected to be the last Queen's speech before the next general election, a crackdown on unscrupulous and unfair lenders was announced today.
The consu...
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Queen's speech promises tighter credit laws
Consumers are to get greater rights and improved protection in an overhaul of the credit laws announced today in the Queen's speech.
The consumer credit bill marks the ...
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