Labour's poll tax?
Thousands of demonstrators against council-tax rises are expected in London tomorrow. Organisers are promising the biggest demonstration against local taxation since the ...
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How can I build up a credit record in the UK?
Q I'm a new expatriate from the US and would like advice on the best way to begin to build a positive credit record here in the UK. In the States, most consultants advise...
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This is breathtaking effrontery
Times
Editorial, January 13
"So anxious have western societies been to separate justice from retribution that until recently victims of crime had almost no claim on ...
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Online banks 'get top marks
Online bank customers are increasingly enthusiastic about their method of banking, with 70% now rating the service as excellent or very good, according to an independent ...
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Transfer of Howard raises old concerns
The series of payments that eased the transfer of Tim Howard from the New York/New Jersey MetroStars to Old Trafford highlight two of the less palatable aspects of the fo...
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Glaxo hit by $5bn US tax demand
GlaxoSmithKline yesterday pledged to fight a $5bn (£2.8bn) tax demand slapped on it by the US authorities in a long-running dispute over profits made by the British ...
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Foreigners will be vetted to get NHS treatment
Patients who have foreign accents may be asked to show passports, visas, travel documents, payslips, bank records and council tax paybooks before getting free treatment o...
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Claim on cost derived from debt agency
The government failed yesterday to justify its claim that health tourism costs British taxpayers "hundreds of millions of pounds a year" when it emerged that its evidence...
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Our shame
A couple in their late eighties froze to death because their gas supply was cut off due to non-payment (Deaths prompt calls for law reviews, December 23) and the agencies...
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Treasury lifts tax on turkeys after boss is landed with ?6,000 bill for giving birds as gifts
Turkeys now have even more reason to dread Christmas after the Treasury announced yesterday that employers can hand out the birds as festive gifts to staff without fear o...
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