Review urged on student fees
The government has agreed to a fundamental review of its student loans and tuition fees policy after facing a barrage of attacks at a meeting of senior party figures incl...
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Your Equitable questions answered
Question: My wife has an Equitable Life with-profits annuity which has been in payment since 1994. She has just suffered a cut of about 2% in the annual payment (ie, a cu...
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Ladbroke backs tax reform with 1,000 new jobs
Ladbroke, the betting and gaming arm of the Hilton Group, is creating 1,000 jobs in its high street branches to take advantage of the forthcoming abolition of betting tax...
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Irving's tag as 'Holocaust denier' upheld
The discredited historian of the Third Reich, David Irving, may face bankruptcy after the court of appeal yesterday rejected his application to appeal against a libel tri...
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Pinpointing a way to cut card fraud
Get ready for a French revolution in the way we pay for goods with credit and debit cards. In an effort to combat card fraud, banks and retailers this week agreed to push...
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Exciting, fascinating, fulfilling' - do they really mean teaching?
Unless you've been locked in the university library for the past two years, you'll be aware that the government is desperate to tempt graduates into teaching. "You never ...
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Tax
Who can you complain to?
Contact the tax/inland revenue office you have been dealing with (address in the telephone book under inland revenue). You will be given a cont...
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Punch in a pin to stem fraud
By 2004 customers will type their four-digit pin number into a keypad - seen in use at a store in Briancon, southern France - instead of signing receipts.
Industry ins...
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Half a billion pounds owed in council tax
Local authorities are owed council tax payments totalling more than ?500m, the government has revealed.
And local government secretary Stephen Byers today warned authori...
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Still paying out for bust Independent
I have a home insurance policy with Independent Insurance arranged through a broker and paid by monthly direct debit on credit. My broker says that, as Independent Insura...
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