Sorry end of age-old benefits
This is like kicking pension funds with hobnail boots when they are already lying on their backs with their feet up in the air.' That comment, from Simon Martin, head of ...
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Most MPs support compulsory plans
A year to the week after stakeholder pensions were introduced, new research has found that most MPs would like to see payment into pensions made compulsory.
The researc...
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Getting credit to where it's due
Pensioners are the biggest single group most likely to be missing out on state benefits, according to the charity Age Concern, which will be running its annual Your Right...
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Freeserve accuses BT
Freeserve, the UK's largest internet service provider, has renewed its attack on BT, accusing the telecoms giant of pursuing an orchestrated campaign of anti-competitive ...
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The rise and fall of empires
Global history has taken a boost from the current conflicts, protests and riots against corporate globalisation, and the threat of worldwide terrorism against the West. T...
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Clock ticks on tax shelter
The future has a habit of becoming the present all too quickly. When the Government announced in 1998 that an important element of the tax break on Peps and Isas would di...
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When bank staff get it wrong
In January I wrote about a nasty little scheme perpetrated by a business known variously as Euro-link, the World for Less and General Vision International.
The company ...
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Do banks give a feck?
Earlier this month I asked my bank to make a payment to arrive on April 1 (Bank computer crash stirs fears of no holiday cash, March 29). I was told that because of the B...
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Charities mourn loss of popular figurehead
The Queen Mother's favourite charities today paid tribute to her support for their good causes but admitted that their finances would be unaffected by her demise.
The ch...
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Fuel, health and disability
Fuel bills and other costs
Primarily directed at older people, grants can be provided for heating and insulation. A cold weather payment of ?8.50 is available in weeks w...
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