Minister defends controls
A minister yesterday rejected criticism that the government had watered down controls on the payment of bribes by British companies.
Douglas Alexander, the trade minist...
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How can we avoid inheritance tax?
Q My 78-year-old mother wishes to transfer money into my name rather than my brother's so that I gain it on her death. What is it possible for her to do without paying in...
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Time for gath'ring winter fuel money is nigh
As the cold weather continues, elderly people are reminded that if they have not already received their winter fuel payment they should make a claim before 30 March.
The...
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Alert to fraud
Under a new anti-fraud scheme from MasterCard, you could soon receive a text message asking you to confirm a recent transaction on your credit card. The new system is an ...
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Former ambassador takes redundancy
Craig Murray, the controversial former ambassador to Uzbekistan who was removed from his post, has taken a £315,000 redundancy payment from the Foreign Office, it em...
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Why has our loan hardly reduced two years on?
Q In 2002 my husband and I took out a loan with First National bank to pay for some double glazing. The loan was for ?7,562 (which included an acceptance fee and a paymen...
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Tories feud over repaid cheque
Renewed feuding over election cash and strategy erupted within Conservative ranks yesterday as key players quarrelled over a £2m private fund set up by Lord Ashcroft...
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Low income families to receive ?1bn in tax credits
Families on low incomes were given a boost yesterday with a promise by the chancellor of a £1bn giveaway over the next three years.
The move was welcomed by anti-po...
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Revenue forced to extend tax deadline
The Inland Revenue has been forced to extend its deadline to people who tried to file their tax returns electronically after its website failed to cope with the deluge of...
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Management/Policy/Technology/Finance
February 2005
Management
· Efficiency savings
Michael Barber, of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, argued that if "everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough...
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Manufacturing and Production 
