Parents 'should pay for schools
Most parents should be made to pay towards their children's schooling, in an extension of the "co-payment" principle used by Tony Blair to justify university top-up fees,...
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Treasury raises price cap on child trust funds
The government is to backtrack on a proposed 1% cap for the charges providers can levy on child trust fund products, which came under much criticism from potential provid...
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Stage frights
Was Charles Dickens the first pop star? That is the comparison drawn in a new exhibition at the Charles Dickens Museum that commemorates the first of his public readings,...
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Venture that nearly failed rescued reputation
Virgin Mobile, the company that resuscitated Richard Branson's business reputation in Britain, has grown at a phenomenal rate. Launched in November 1999, it already has m...
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Jarvis back on the defensive as new problems emerge
Jarvis, a controversial player in the private finance initiative arena, was on the defensive again last night after evidence emerged of late payment, trouble with key con...
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Troubled transfers of United players
Louis Saha
Bought from Fulham for £12.825m, January 2004
Concern over payment of £750,000 to agents and the involvement of Saha's representative Ranko Stojic...
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Banks' Swiss watch on tax haven rules
European Union tax changes are prompting some investors to move their offshore investments in banks, building societies, unit trusts and open-ended investment companies (...
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French health service on verge of collapse, says commission
A government commission has warned that without fundamental reforms France's national health service, rated the best in the world by the World Health Organisation, will c...
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Coppell angered by Goater leak
Steve Coppell is furious that a proposed loan deal taking Reading's striker Shaun Goater to their First Division rivals Ipswich Town was leaked to the press.
The Royals ...
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Bruce makes a bid for Butt
Birmingham City's manager Steve Bruce has made a bid for the Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt after being promised the funds to complete the next stage of his club...
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