Inflation falls below Government target
Inflation has dropped back below the Government's target rate, according to official figures published today.
Underlying inflation in April fell to 2.4% - just below t...
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Hope for repossessed
Cases starting to trundle through the legal system could stymie mortgage lenders' rights to chase repossessed borrowers for 12 years after losing their home.
Tens of th...
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First tracker home loan launched
Norwich Union is to enter the mortgage market on Monday with the first loan guaranteed to be no more than 0.85% above the Bank of England base rate.
The base rate track...
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Darling acts in MyTravel crisis
MyTravel, the country's second largest package holiday operator, said continuing talks to refinance debts of almost £500m were "progressing well" yesterday after it ...
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Cash and skills but at what cost?
The Private Finance Initiative is being used to help the government rebuild the country's public sector infrastructure. Supporters claim it brings private sector cash, sk...
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Huge windfall for hospital's PFI investors as staff face job cuts
The impact of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in the National Health Service will be questioned today in a highly critical report from parliament's spending watchdog...
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Doorstep lenders told to cut interest rates
People who use doorstep lending firms have been overcharged by £500m over the last five years, according to the Competition Commission which yesterday warned lender...
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Taxpayer misses out on up to £90m in PFI windfalls
Treasury plans to make more than £200m for the taxpayer from windfall gains over the refinancing of private finance initiative (PFI) schemes from roads to hospitals...
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Labour loans - why should we pay?
I made a serious mistake in 1993. As a lifelong Labour supporter, and caught up with the prevalent concern that Labour could never win again, I suspended a promise to mys...
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Private firms get ?73m windfall in hospital deal
Banks and property developers made windfall profits of £73m by refinancing one of the Labour government's first privately financed hospitals, the 989-bed Norfolk and...
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