Post office closures at record high
The rate of closure of sub-post offices is accelerating rapidly, despite promises by the government to find them new business and reverse their collapse.
Figures for th...
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Look before you leap - into signing up
Does the rate advertised apply to new purchases, or to transfers of debt from other cards, or both?
Many credit-card companies offer an eye-catching rate for debt tran...
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Caught in the web of deceit
Credit card companies are privately slapping hefty fines on rogue websites for misusing people's card details amid a big jump in complaints about internet fraud, it emerg...
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Are you paying too much tax?
This week the Inland Revenue launched its latest Taxback campaign, aiming to find pensioners, children and others on low incomes who are paying too much tax on their inte...
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Tickets to ride ...
Six top destinations Sydney: £412.60
Gulf Air from Heathrow via Bahrain or Muscat. Must be booked by November 10. Full payment required on booking. Valid for de...
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Ex-finance minister to stand trial
France's former finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn was ordered to stand trial yesterday on charges of false accounting at his private law practice.
Mr Strauss-Kah...
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Post Office offers sweeter deal for universal bank players
The aims of the controversial universal bank have been broadened by the Post Office to include a wider range of "universal banking services" to increase its chances of wi...
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Pensioner jailed over council tax bill
A 75-year-old woman who refused to pay a £360 council tax bill because of a long-running dispute over her garden boundary was yesterday jailed by magistrates.
The ...
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Gangs make drug debtors deal and steal
Drug users who fall behind with payments to their dealers are being targeted by a vicious new breed of gangster who purchases their debts and then uses extreme violence a...
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Shun the student debt hangover
Ten years ago, the squeeze started on students when the Conservatives froze grants and introduced student loans. New Labour meant new costs for undergraduates - grants ha...
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