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.
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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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Gogol inspires funeral fraud
A provincial civil servant - apparently inspired by Nikolai Gogol's classic Russian satire, Dead Souls - has been arrested for inventing 250 dead citizens to claim funera...
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People's pension under threat
The stakeholder pension plan, which becomes available next April, will be sold on the basis of its attractive tax benefits and low charges. But moves to charge extra fees...
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Ticket to independence
More than 3,600 disabled people are receiving direct payments from local authorities to enable them to buy personal care tailored to their needs so that they can live ind...
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Midwife crisis over hours and workload
A serious shortage of midwives is depriving women of one to one care and pushing up the rate of caesarian sections and other medical interventions.
Long hours, low mora...
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Banks braced for 'windfall tax
High street banks face a recurring "windfall tax" of up to £400m every year to pay for the government's planned universal bank, according to industry executives.
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Axa under fire over 'orphan' distribution
With-profits policyholders in Axa Sun Life could lose out on a cash payment of about £400 unless within the next week they return papers to the insurer supporting Ax...
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Britain's $200bn leads global takeover boom
British companies are spearheading a global mergers and acquisitions boom, investing more abroad last year than any other country, new figures showed yesterday.
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