Woman, 81, jailed for not paying rates
An elderly spinster yesterday began a two-week prison sentence for owing £2,700 in rates.
Ellen Copson, 81, was jailed by magistrates at Droitwich, Worcestershire, ...
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Holiday buying binge adds to threat of higher rates
Shoppers went on a combined Christmas and millennium binge last month, raising fears that the Bank of England will deliver another blow to homeowners next month in the fo...
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Cut rate
A nine-member monetary policy committee is unnecessarily large (Bank raises interest rates again, January 14). It appears to either raise rates a quarter, lower them a qu...
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City expects MPC to raise loan rates
Business leaders yesterday appealed to the Bank of England's monetary policy committee to spare industry an interest rate rise when it holds its first meeting of the new ...
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Bank sees no need to explain rate rise
The Bank of England was in non-communicative mood yesterday when it put up rates for the fourth time in six months. It told the waiting world that the cost of borrowing w...
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Dismay as interest rates rise to 6%
Fears of an inflationary boom prompted the Bank of England to raise rates yesterday to 6%, to the dismay of business and homeowners.
Industry leaders immediately called...
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Union leader joins euro row as rate rise looms
Union leader Bill Morris, who is sceptical about the euro will confront pro-single currency colleagues and businessmen today at the Labour Party local government conferen...
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Extending 10p rate to savings income will benefit 2.5m
More than 2.5m people will pay up to £150 less tax following the decision to extend the 10p tax band to savings income. The change was hailed by the government as ...
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Rising interest rates
There are plenty of stories around to prepare children for the imminent arrival of a new baby, but not many "tell-it-like-it-is" fact books. The Truth About Babies (Oxfor...
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Up go rates in Euroland
The European Central Bank yesterday ordered its first rise in interest rates since it took over running monetary policy in the 11-country eurozone at the beginning of the...
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