Can my daughter have a debit card?
Q Which banks provide good interest rates, internet banking and debit cards for young savers?
After some research my younger daughter, aged 10, decided to go for a Nati...
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Experts deride report on crime and moral decline
Leading experts on law and order have dismissed a claim that Britain has one of the highest crime rates in the developed world, caused by a decline in faith and moral val...
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Brown is on the ball yet again
Gordon Brown's continuing success as Chancellor is a journalistic frustration. His economic forecasts prove more accurate than those of his self-righteous and near perman...
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Major boost for childcare is a winner for families
Parents are the big winners from this year's Pre-Budget Report, with boosts to the finances and increased access to care for those with babies and young children.
Chanc...
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Face to face, a victim seeks justice from her burglar
The burglar was moving towards his victim's back door when a neighbour saw him in the shadows and dialled 999. As Alexi Estathiou, desperate for money to buy heroin, was ...
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Banking on a soft landing
Will 2004 prove to be the high-water mark for Britain's banking giants? They are on course to report bumper profits after the biggest borrowing binge in history. But this...
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Cops and robbers
The temptation to romanticise a huge bank raid should always be resisted. That was, and still is, one of the worst aspects of Britain's celebrated "great" train robbery o...
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Inquiry launched into doorstep lenders
The £2bn-a-year home credit industry is to be investigated by the Competition Commission, it emerged yesterday.
The move comes on the advice of the Office of Fair ...
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Council tax rises capped at 5%
Council tax rises in England should be less than 5% next year after the government pumped ?1bn into local authority finances, the local government minister, Nick Raynsfor...
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German A-level 'too hard
German is considered too hard to study at A-level, research from the Anglo-German Foundation has revealed.
A survey of drop out rates from German between AS and A-level ...
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