Regional assemblies 'may add to council tax bills
The future funding of regional assemblies is set to be investigated as part of a review of local government funding, it emerged today.
Until now, the government has insi...
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10 ways to shake up sport
1 Geoff Boycott: Punish slow over rates 'Test cricket is as good now as it has ever been. More matches are played to a result, the run rates are a lot quicker, the crow...
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The legacy of Gordon's tax grab
The present system of tax credits encourages companies to pay out dividends rather than reinvest their profits. This cannot be the best way of encouraging investment for ...
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Fraud curb bars overseas students
One in three foreign students applying to enter Britain is being rejected in a clampdown that experts fear could force the closure of some of the hundreds of universities...
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US 'hyping' Darfur genocide fears
American warnings that Darfur is heading for an apocalyptic humanitarian catastrophe have been widely exaggerated by administration officials, it is alleged by internatio...
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Student debt levels exaggerated, says US expert
Rising levels of student debt in the US are not creating excessive burdens for most borrowers, a symposium in Oxford heard yesterday.
The level of public alarm about st...
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Manufacturing growth weakens
The case for leaving interest rates unchanged strengthened today as British manufacturing suffered a further loss of momentum in September.
According to a key survey fro...
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Barclaycard's ?25m offer lures House of Fraser
Department store group House of Fraser has ditched its storecard operator, US-owned GE Consumer Finance, in favour of a deal with Barclaycard which will generate a £...
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Tax cuts for the well off? That's a bit rich
Could there be a general election in the offing? Just as a first swallow or bronzed leaf denotes a coming change of season, so the tax-haters are stirring.
"The pips co...
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Nanny state
· Never mind dodgy childminders or uncaring nurseries; would you entrust your children to an Ofsted inspector? In the wake of the inspectorate's annual report on ear...
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