Why has our loan hardly reduced two years on?
Q In 2002 my husband and I took out a loan with First National bank to pay for some double glazing. The loan was for ?7,562 (which included an acceptance fee and a paymen...
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Tories feud over repaid cheque
Renewed feuding over election cash and strategy erupted within Conservative ranks yesterday as key players quarrelled over a £2m private fund set up by Lord Ashcroft...
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Low income families to receive ?1bn in tax credits
Families on low incomes were given a boost yesterday with a promise by the chancellor of a £1bn giveaway over the next three years.
The move was welcomed by anti-po...
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Revenue forced to extend tax deadline
The Inland Revenue has been forced to extend its deadline to people who tried to file their tax returns electronically after its website failed to cope with the deluge of...
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Management/Policy/Technology/Finance
February 2005
Management
· Efficiency savings
Michael Barber, of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, argued that if "everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough...
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Trail of dotcom debit runs into dead end
In October 2003, my Tesco credit card statement showed a debit of £284 by Hotels.com. At the time, I was planning a New Year trip to Australia and Thailand and ass...
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Fifa may pay dearly for early release of tickets
The first tickets for next summer's World Cup in Germany go on sale on Tuesday, but there are big concerns over payment methods and the strategy adopted by Fifa, which ma...
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Out in the cold when the heating packs up
If you ran an insurance business but didn't have to pay the claims made by a big proportion of your customers, you'd be pretty happy with life. In December British Gas wa...
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Tax credit shambles under fire
The Inland Revenue should consider overhauling the tax credit system because it pushes thousands of low income families into hardship, the chairman of a powerful parliame...
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City trading realises Musampa
Manchester City concluded a hectic day of transfer activity by finalising a six-month loan deal for Kiki Musampa, Atlético Madrid's left-winger, subject to a medical...
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