Will you pay higher rate tax on your redundancy pay?
Q I am due to be made redundant shortly. Around April 7, I will receive a redundancy payment of ?77,000, less basic rate tax above ?30,000, and then receive a pension of ...
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England worse than China in prison population rate
England has proportionately more people in prison than China, Saudi Arabia or Turkey, according to world prison population statistics released by the Home Office yesterda...
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Private dentists charge up to six times NHS rate
The office of fair trading is expected to launch a formal inquiry this week into overcharging by private dentists who are cashing in on the lack of available treatment on...
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American consumer responds to rate cut medicine
Emergency rate cuts by the federal reserve following the September terrorist attacks are at last starting to boost the confidence of America's recession-hit consumers, ac...
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Heart surgery survival rate depends on hospital
Survival after heart surgery varies greatly depending on which hospital treats the patient, according to a report.
Walsgrave hospital in Coventry is named as having the...
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Only the jobless rate is growing in America's shrinking economy
The scale of the downturn facing the US economy was underlined yesterday as new figures showed manufacturing output at an 11-year low and insecure consumers making their ...
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The rate for the job
Lecturers' leaders will today renew their campaign against the university gender pay gap and ask the government to provide £81m to close it. Figures produced for the...
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Boost for Afghan exchange rate
Afghanistan's currency has risen as traders speculate that the crisis gripping the country could lead to a change of government.
Rumours that ageing ex-king Mohammad Za...
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Cheaper drugs help inflation rate
Prices in shops fell in July thanks to cheaper drugs and the tailing off of the foot and mouth epidemic, retailers said yesterday.
Food prices declined last month for t...
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Investors hang up on cut-rate call firms
Telecoms investors have taken the advertising campaign of one of the UK's largest providers of cut-rate phone calls to heart. Unfortunately, while Planet Talk claims cust...
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