MPs step up demand for credit card reform
It is supposed to protect consumers against unfair business practices, but the Office of Fair Trading was accused this week of acting like "apologists" for the the credit...
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Schools to test for sex diseases
Secondary school pupils are to be screened for sexually transmitted diseases to curb sharply rising infection rates.
Testing of teenagers for chlamydia, an infection th...
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MPC doves win the day
The Bank of England took out an insurance policy against the risk of a stalling economic recovery in the UK yesterday when it cut interest rates to their lowest level sin...
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Boost for victims of extortionate fees
Victims of Britain's antiquated consumer credit laws last week welcomed a commitment from the government to tackle extortionate interest rates and fees that hike the cost...
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Test 1: convergence
Failed
The British economy has moved more closely in step with the eurozone over the past six years but is not yet ready to live with interest rates set by the European...
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Grave risk to humans from loss of species
The increasing rates of extinction of plants and animals worldwide must be slowed to avoid threatening human food supplies, sources of wood, medicine, energy and clean wa...
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Pound tumbles to six-year low
The pound tumbled last night to its lowest level since before Labour came to power six years ago, as the prospect of a cut in interest rates to boost the flagging economy...
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Fed warns of economic weakness
The Federal Reserve added to the Bank of England's interest rate dilemma last night when it left American borrowing costs on hold but warned that the world's biggest econ...
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Keep taking the tablets
Monetary policy - using changes in interest rates to influence economic growth - has been likened to taking aspirin. It is fine for most minor illness but no good when a ...
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Egg weighs into rivals over interest charges
Only a tiny percentage of people who apply for credit cards and loans obtain the rates advertised, according to Egg, which this week launched an extraordinary attack on i...
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