College allowances 'reduce drop-out rates
Payments introduced to help 16 and 17-year-olds in England through further education have already reduced drop-out rates, ministers claimed today.
More than 250,000 stu...
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Bank voted unanimously to keep rates steady
Interest rates are set to remain unchanged over the next few months after all nine members of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) voted to keep rates st...
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Childhood cancer rates rise in Europe
Cancer rates among children have been rising in the UK and Europe over the last 30 years, research has revealed.
While childhood cancer is rare, the overall incidence h...
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We don't like NS&I's lower rates
Interest rates have been rising but National Savings and Investments this week cut the interest paid on new fixed-rate savings products.
It blames falls in gilt yields ...
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Jobless rise may keep rate pegged
The number of people out of work and claiming benefit rose for the first time in 15 months in October as Britain's long downward trend in unemployment came to a stutterin...
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Fed to raise US interest rates as dollar heads for 30-year low
The Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates on Wednesday, but its vote of confidence is unlikely to halt the decline of the dollar.
As the markets turn their atten...
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Rise in bankruptcy blamed on interest rates
Rising interest rates were blamed today for 28.5% more people falling into bankruptcy over the summer than at the same stage of 2003.
Government figures revealed a tota...
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MPC unlikely to raise rates as underlying sales cool
Bargain-hunting consumers shrugged off the impact of higher interest rates and a weakening housing market to give a boost to spending in Britain's shops last month, the C...
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Don't raise rates, CBI urges Bank of England
Further evidence of the impact of record oil prices and a slowing world economy on Britain's manufacturers emerged yesterday as the CBI published a survey showing busines...
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Savers 'lack interest in rates
Almost two-thirds of savers have no idea what interest rate their account is paying, according to research published today.
In addition many savers earned such poor int...
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