Insurance breakthrough
High-risk groups that have problems obtaining travel insurance will welcome the arrival of two new niche policies that offer cover without charging high premiums.
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Save yourself from double tax trouble
If there's one thing that aggravates savers who are also taxpayers, it is paying tax twice: once on the money earned from work, then again on the savings they build up fr...
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Forget tax cuts, it's time to spend
The Conservatives do not seem to be having much luck with their 'less tax but plenty of spending' commitment. It all sounds too good to be true, and the good old British ...
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Christmas sales at lowest in 20 years
Britain's retailers endured their toughest Christmas since the slump of the early 1980s as higher interest rates and a cooling housing market kept cost-conscious consumer...
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Doctors warn of 'crisis' in medical training
Britain faces a desperate shortage of medical experts after major funding cuts hit universities, the British Medical Association warned today.
Patients will suffer as m...
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Citigroup shrugs off scandals to earn $17bn
Citigroup's chief executive, Charles Prince, said yesterday that he hoped 2005 would present "no more headaches" as the scandal-hit banking group reported a record $5.3bn...
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Health officials draw up new anti-superbug strategy
New guidelines are being drawn up today by the Department of Health and NHS trusts in a bid to halt the spread of deadly superbugs.
Improving clinical protocols for dre...
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Brussels inquiry could land BT with huge tax bill
The European commission announced yesterday it was launching an in-depth investigation into business rate taxation in the UK's telecommunications sector in a move that co...
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Community coercion
A plan proposed by the Yorkshire Dales national park to restrict new housing for locals highlights the desperate state in which many communities now find themselves.
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Gordon, Alan, take your pick
Now that the drafting of the Labour party manifesto has degenerated from a Big Conversation into an unseemly row, it might be an idea to turn the focus back on policy. Ev...
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