Growth figures show economy back in balance
The British economy grew at its fastest rate in nearly four years last spring, boosted by strength in all areas, the government announced yesterday.
Both manufacturing a...
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The good times roll on
The Bank of England keeps on raising interest rates, but the message doesn't seem to have reached the high street yet. People are continuing to spend as if there were no ...
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Scottish funding councils pitch for overseas students
Universities in Scotland could play a part in countering the country's falling birth rate by encouraging students from abroad to stay and work, suggests a report publishe...
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Longest period of falling crime for 106 years
The crime rate in England and Wales fell by a further 5% in the past year to produce the longest sustained drop since 1898, the Home Office reported today.
Overall crime...
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Credit firms urged to share information
Credit card companies were urged today to share more information on customers in an attempt to stop people building up unmanageable levels of debt.
John McFall, the cha...
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Ministers accused of total 'funk
Ministers brushed aside a 15-month study into the future of council tax, so defusing the issue for the general election, by appointing Sir Michael Lyons to conduct a fres...
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MoD reviews school payment perk
The Ministry of Defence is reviewing its policy of paying for military families to send their children to private schools after the annual bill topped £100m, it was ...
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Self-employed fathers face higher child support payments
Thousands of self-employed fathers will have to pay more in child support after a divorced mother won a House of Lords ruling yesterday.
The victory is the culmination o...
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New payment rules 'threaten NHS operations
The five specialist orthopaedic hospitals in England may have to abandon complex surgery on hips and bones because of a bizarre twist in the government's rules to turn th...
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GPs offered payments to send patients private
NHS managers are offering "bribes" to GPs to persuade them to send patients to a private treatment centre instead of local NHS hospitals, it emerged last night.
The unor...
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