The man in the middle
For the record, Nick Raynsford is no Judas. He did not betray councils over rate capping; they just messed up. This is his justification of the bold decision to take cont...
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Labour woos women voters with tax breaks on nannies
Labour will seek to con-solidate its family friendly credentials and woo women voters today by giving middle-income families tax breaks for hiring nannies.
The scheme w...
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Stay young if you want to cash in on car premiums
Young drivers are more likely to get a large discount on insurance premiums at the age of 21 than at 25, according to insurance intermediary Quoteacar.co.uk. 'The figures...
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Big carve-up by Evolution chiefs
Directors of Evolution Group, the investment bank and brokerage house, shared a tenth of the proceeds of the flotation of IP2IPO, the intellectual property group, when it...
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What's on the cards with Chip and Pin
Chip and pin cards are already rolling out and in the next year, everyone in Britain with a debit or credit card will need to understand the new system that is replacing ...
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Fragile figures
Sir Nigel Crisp, the NHS chief executive, freighted his annual report - published last week - with statistics to demonstrate that "something really significant is happeni...
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Are Capital One charging me unfairly?
Q In February I took advantage of Capital One's 3.9% APR credit card offer, and transferred ?5,000 onto it from another card. Capital One wrote to welcome me and say it h...
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Loans issued amid rate confusion
Borrowers understand little about the products they're buying, with only 50% of people who hold a personal loan able to explain what a 'typical rate' is, a new survey by ...
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After our accident, the agony of a payout battle
Accidents are traumatic enough without insurance companies adding to the pain. I spent almost five years battling with one after my husband and I were seriously injured b...
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Expedia promised us a free ticket. Can we make them stand by their offer?
Q I recently booked a flight for my wife and son through Expedia.co.uk, which I paid for by credit card. I received the tickets promptly.
I subsequently called Exped...
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