PM considers fast-tracking payments for mesothelioma sufferers
The prime minister pledged today to consider fast-tracking compensation payments for mesothelioma sufferers.
Ministers announced yesterday that they will change compens...
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King quits Jamaica in dispute over towels, payments and curfews
Marlon King is in dispute with Jamaica after quitting the national team squad who will provide England's final World Cup warm-up opposition. The Watford striker is unders...
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Payments to rise in line with average earnings
The chancellor reaffirmed his commitment to halving child poverty by 2010, promising families on low incomes that certain tax credit payments would rise at least in line ...
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Royle bridges balance of payments deficit
Joe Royle was indisposed. He has a bad back, and - wait for it - his strikers look pretty sickly too. The score claims these teams are equal, but all the other evidence s...
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Severance payments
They were plucked from their families as young children and sent to live in church-run schools where they were forbidden to speak their own languages. The idea was to pre...
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Equality at a price as benefit payments slashed
Gay and lesbian couples who live together and receive tax credits or other forms of government financial assistance could see their income drop as a result of the new Civ...
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Protests across Russia force Putin to double increase in pension payments
President Vladimir Putin, forced on to the back foot by week-long protests by Russia's pensioners, doubled increases in pension payments and announced plans to reintroduc...
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Payments plan for egg donors
Britain's fertility watchdog is considering changing the rules to allow payments to people who donate their sperm, eggs or embryos to infertile couples.
The proposal - ...
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Payments system for vulnerable 'difficult to use
Red tape is one of the main obstacles faced by vulnerable people trying to access funds that allow them to pay for their own services, a new report has warned.
The Commi...
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Academies in payments row
Two of the government-favoured academy schools have paid out hundreds of thousands of pounds to organisations owned by their sponsors, it emerged yesterday.
The King's ...
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