Top Tens - the winners
1 Playing cricket for local college, without the protection of a box. I reached 44 not out when, taking an extravagant swish at the ball to hit a certain four and ther...
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Parents choose how to invest child trust cash
Parents will be free to choose from the available schemes for investing the tax-free cash - up to £1,000 - the government plans to give through the child trust fund ...
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We don't like lock-ins
Talk of rising interest rates is turning thoughts to fixed rates to insulate borrowers from rate rises. Fixed rates are still at low levels despite their recent increases...
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Utilities drag feet over bill refunds
Thousands of people are waiting months, sometimes years, for refunds from overpayments on gas and electricity bills, according to industry watchdog Energywatch.
In some ...
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What's the best policy when it comes to health?
With premiums escalating, private medical insurance is no longer affordable for an increasing number of people unless they're a member of their employer's scheme. This is...
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Do I need to pay tax on my freelance earnings?
Q Following redundancy, I was offered two pieces of home-based work by an ex-colleague, which paid a grand total of ?300. This was paid by a personal cheque. Do I have t...
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Cost of easy credit: a 70% rise in arrears
The amount of debt being chased by Britain's bailiffs has soared by 70% over the past two years to a record £5bn in fresh evidence of Britain's growing debt crisis. ...
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Watchdog to investigate Betsy salary
Iain Duncan Smith will be investigated over the payment of a secretarial salary to his wife, Betsy, the parliamentary watchdog announced tonight.
Sir Philip Mawer, the p...
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Would you credit it? The fiasco goes on
Six months after the government started tax credit payments, many claimants remain out of pocket and angry at their treatment.
Ministers have declared the system is run...
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Whistleblower to face tribunal
A Green councillor who blew the whistle on a secret council deal to give a rates holiday to British Energy is to face a tribunal at which she will be charged with breachi...
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