Elf slush funds oiled French political machine
The scandal over illegal political funding by the French state-owned oil firm, Elf, deepened yesterday when the Socialist former finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn w...
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Arms, human rights and a question of values
The export credit guarantee department has become the centre of a Whitehall row over ethics, arms sales and environmental considerations, because of its pivotal role in u...
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Foreign prisoners crisis still costing millions
Taxpayers are paying millions of pounds to continue to detain more than 1,000 foreign prisoners who have already finished their jail sentences.
The revelation of the add...
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For the record
In 'Premiership club charges £3,500 to be a mascot' (News, last week), we said that Everton FC requires payment from the families of young supporters who want to be...
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Crocs bite back
Your story (Police warning on Olympic contracts, August 24) reinforces the need for payment of the London living wage (currently £7.05 an hour) to be written in to ...
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Are credit card overcharges regulated?
Q I have a Morgan Stanley credit card, which I pay off in full each month. But on my latest statement I found an interest charge on my account. I rang customer services t...
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Come in number nine, you're a credit risk
Are you a safe-bet "number one" or a risky "number nine"? Lloyds TSB has categorised every one of its 15 million customers into nine bands - and the number flashes up on ...
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Fraudsters turn to the internet as chip and Pin reduces 'swipe' crime
Six months on from the mandatory introduction of chip and Pin cards, increasing theft on the internet is forcing banks and retailers to trial new technology to combat car...
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New child agency to focus on debt collection
The failed Child Support Agency is to be replaced by a new organisation with tougher powers to recover maintenance payments from errant absent parents, the government ann...
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Lay down wine for a rich finish
Anyone who has read anything about the newly released 2005 vintage could be forgiven for thinking that this is a good time to begin investing in fine wines.
Arguably, th...
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