Sorry seems to be the easiest word
Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, apologised to Chinese Canadians last week for a punitive tax, first set in 1885, which was designed to keep the Chinese immigrant...
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Pensioner jailed over council tax protest
A protesting pensioner was jailed today for refusing to pay her £800 council tax debt.
Josephine Rooney, 69, was previously handed a suspended three-month prison se...
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The fall of the house of Savoy
It is not often that the jails of southern Italy - crammed with bag-snatchers, rapists, fraudsters and mafiosi - get the chance to welcome a man with 12 first names. But,...
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High court to rule on who pays for care of accident victims
The high court will take further steps this week to clarify the law on big insurance claims where social services departments - and through them the taxpayer - are should...
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Needing income protection? Don't be sold a PPI pup
It's great that the Post Office has started selling payment protection insurance, which pays out if you are unable to work because of accident, sickness or unemployment. ...
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Pet insurance
Pet insurance, primarily designed to cover the cost of veterinary fees for the treatment of illness and injury, is far from cheap - but many pet owners believe the cost i...
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Great saves
A base rate rise is in the air, but you would not know it to look at savings rates. So far this year about 40 institutions have cut the level of interest they pay to save...
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Bank trials 'no contact' cards
A payment system to be tested in Britain could completely replace cash, according to a new report.
The system allows people to make small value payments by passing a car...
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More banks slash card charges
HBOS and MBNA today joined the list of credit card providers that intend to cut the fees they charge customers who make late payments.
Two days after the deadline set by...
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Pension funds face £52bn shortfall
Falling stock markets added £20bn to the shortfalls faced by some of the UK's biggest pension schemes during May, figures showed today.
But despite the recent incre...
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