PM rejects alarm at 'two-tier' NHS plan
Tony Blair has rejected a warning from his Cabinet Office strategy unit that plans to give the best hospitals freedom from Whitehall control run the risk of creating a tw...
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Operate before drug wears off
The beleaguered life insurance industry was administered a big, fat dose of sedative yesterday, courtesy of the financial services authority. The so-called stress tests, ...
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?37m of taxpayers' money in reserve
The royal finances are so awash with taxpayers' money that Buckingham Palace has built up a record "reserve" of £37m on the civil list fund. The annual civil list ac...
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Unexpected charge for car hire
Q I hired a car from Avis some months ago and paid with my credit card. On receipt of my credit card statement I found a charge of ?150. I queried this with Avis who coul...
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Towards a level paying field
Vodafone has done a great deal to advance the cause of corporate governance. That is the, admittedly, rather controversial view of one of the many in the City who devotes...
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Insurer pulls plug on delay payouts
Getting travel insurance to cover flight delays might become more difficult as holidaymakers face the possibility of a summer of discontent with more air-traffic controll...
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Driving down the loan deals on new wheels
Few people have the sort of spare cash knocking about to avoid borrowing large amounts of money - and as with any type of borrowing, it pays to do your homework.
Think...
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Give us money or we quit - Minardi
Minardi may announce their withdrawal from formula one this weekend unless Paul Stoddart persuades rival team owners to release a £9m payment to enable his team to c...
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Minardi run on big loan
Minardi, the cash-strapped formula one team, were thrown a lifeline at the start of the season in the shape of a £3.5m advance from Bernie Ecclestone, it emerged yes...
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Student loan repayment
Student loan problems
Q I graduated with a BA in 1998, having taken three years of student loans to a total of around ?5,500. I then completed a post-graduate certific...
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