Bank row looms over basic account target
Plans by the Treasury to provide accounts for 3 million households without access to banking services are expected to be announced next month in a move that is likely to ...
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Go south' strategy attacked
Government strategies forcing higher growth and hundreds of thousands of new houses on an already prosperous south-east of England are challenged today by a thinktank whi...
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Work writes
Informal talks best way to get promised pay rate
I work for an organisation that pays higher rates in the job I do if you have a particular qualification. Before I joine...
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How to make a loan range far and wide
Once you have your money deposited in the bank, follow these tips to keep it there longer:
1. Take the student loan. Even if you are lucky enough to be funded fully by ...
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A quick seminar on finance
When students pack up their stuff to head off to university this autumn they need to brace themselves for a whole new world of experiences. Some will be welcome, such as ...
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City spitting over red tape and taxes
Bernie Ecclestone, Lakshmi Mittal, Paul Grayson: Labour has been so effective at snuggling up to business since 1997 that it has managed to get itself embroiled in the ki...
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Stealth tax' on pensions
Millions of people may receive only minimal benefits from their private pensions because of the government's state pension regime, according to experts.
On the eve of t...
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Whitbread proves insufficiently liquid
In a weak London market yesterday the share price of leisure conglomerate
Whitbread drifted on concerns that this month's asset review will not prove sufficiently radic...
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Work longer, save, pay more tax or stay poor
Something has to give. And that something is you. That was the stark message yesterday from the interim report of the commission into Britain's pensions system headed by ...
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Brown stresses his key role in election strategy
Gordon Brown yesterday underlined his determination to play a key role in Labour's general election strategy by making clear he will be responsible for much of the manife...
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