Full text: the pre-budget report speech
So Mr Speaker, it is because of sustained growth and - after 1997 - the prudent reduction of debt and debt interest payments that: we can make extra resources available t...
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White gold
Camilla Kingdon has cause to celebrate. As a consultant on the neonatal intensive care unit at Guy's and St Thomas' in London, she has been instrumental in setting up the...
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FSA takes on insurance regulation
New rules come into force today to bring insurance under the regulation of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), taking over the job from the General Insurance Standard...
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Paying the price for borrowing less
My elderly father repaid part of the capital on an HSBC personal loan. The bank told him there would be no charges or penalties but then terminated the original loan and ...
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Ombudsman reveals secret world of student complaints
Rows over accusations of plagiarism, inaccurate marking and incorrect grades all feature in a report published today by the new students' ombudsman, detailing the first s...
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Deferring loans is costing me a packet
Since I completed my studies, my student loans have been deferred because I received either incapacity benefit or jobseekers' allowance. I sent off the deferment form for...
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Safe' bond leaves savers uncertain
Thousands of investors who bought a "secured fund" and expected full repayment of their capital, plus growth or interest, on January 23, face an agonising wait for their ...
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Get those tax returns in
Many people will be suffering from financial indigestion after the Christmas and New Year blow-out. And just to make things worse, the tax self-assessment deadline is loo...
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Prickly solution to obesity?
A plant used to stem the hunger pangs of African tribes could soon be added to the meals of obese westerners desperate to lose their excess pounds.
The Anglo-Dutch mult...
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Poor deal as government claws back overpayments
Millions of families have been pulled out of poverty by the government's focus on poor families. But thousands are destined to be thrown back into hardship as the Inland ...
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