First players win cash as game heats up
The FIFA World Cup ends today, but our free Investor of the Year competition, sponsored by stockbroker The Share Centre, is just beginning to hot up.
Remember you can en...
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Two-thirds 'support recycling tax incentives
Nearly two-thirds of people would be prepared to pay a tax on the non-recyclable rubbish they generated, a survey published today found.
Around 64% of those questioned s...
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Welfare bill plans to take 1 million off incapacity benefit
Radical changes to the social security system aimed at saving billions of pounds in incapacity and housing benefit payments were announced yesterday by John Hutton, the w...
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Cigarette ban planned for 16-year-olds
Young people are to be banned from buying cigarettes until they are 17 or 18 under new government plans announced yesterday. Although smoking rates have been coming down,...
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Growth in orders boosts UK manufacturing
Britain's manufacturing recovery picked up steam last month, a survey showed today, raising expectations of an increase in interest rates before the end of the year.
The...
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Land rights are key to saving lives
Your article, Land of the Dead (Weekend, June 24), highlighted the high rate of suicide on the Tiwi islands of Australia but overlooked the commonality of these problems ...
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Sexually transmitted diseases on the rise
The number of cases of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases in the UK has been steadily rising, despite a national government strategy introduced five years a...
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Feelgood factor liable to be offside for the economy, says Halifax
If Gordon Brown imagines that victory for England in today's World Cup quarter-final with Portugal will generate a feelgood factor for the economy, he could be in for a n...
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Consumers cut card debt
The UK's combined credit card debt fell in May as consumers turned to personal loans and overdrafts to fund their spending, figures showed today.
The British Bankers' As...
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How Corruption Inc does business in Brazil
The camera zooms in on a derelict lot. Originally earmarked for a community school, Corruption Inc has chosen to pocket the public funds instead. "Combat corruption, or i...
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