Banking on a soft landing
Will 2004 prove to be the high-water mark for Britain's banking giants? They are on course to report bumper profits after the biggest borrowing binge in history. But this...
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Cops and robbers
The temptation to romanticise a huge bank raid should always be resisted. That was, and still is, one of the worst aspects of Britain's celebrated "great" train robbery o...
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Inquiry launched into doorstep lenders
The £2bn-a-year home credit industry is to be investigated by the Competition Commission, it emerged yesterday.
The move comes on the advice of the Office of Fair ...
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Council tax rises capped at 5%
Council tax rises in England should be less than 5% next year after the government pumped ?1bn into local authority finances, the local government minister, Nick Raynsfor...
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German A-level 'too hard
German is considered too hard to study at A-level, research from the Anglo-German Foundation has revealed.
A survey of drop out rates from German between AS and A-level ...
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Westminster council plans 'zero' tax bill
A pledge by a top ranking London borough to reduce its council tax charges to zero within eight years has been described as 'barmy'.
The denunciation came from Labour op...
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Plan to cut tax on social housing
The European commission is considering a tax change that the could save the UK's housing associations hundreds of millions of pounds each year, it emerged today.
Housing...
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Poor people 'more likely to be murdered
The poorer you are the more likely you are to be murdered, new research has found.
A study of murder rates and wealth in Britain also revealed that murder rates among p...
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Child poverty at home and abroad
Both Unicef and Save the Children are deeply committed to child survival and continue to support health programmes that seek to cut mortality rates (Letters, December 13)...
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Don't blow all the dough on Christmas
Christmas is fun but it can be phenomenally expensive. The office Christmas party, extra nights in the pub, presents for the family, and taxis home all take their toll on...
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