Jarvis back on the defensive as new problems emerge
Jarvis, a controversial player in the private finance initiative arena, was on the defensive again last night after evidence emerged of late payment, trouble with key con...
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Troubled transfers of United players
Louis Saha
Bought from Fulham for £12.825m, January 2004
Concern over payment of £750,000 to agents and the involvement of Saha's representative Ranko Stojic...
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Banks' Swiss watch on tax haven rules
European Union tax changes are prompting some investors to move their offshore investments in banks, building societies, unit trusts and open-ended investment companies (...
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French health service on verge of collapse, says commission
A government commission has warned that without fundamental reforms France's national health service, rated the best in the world by the World Health Organisation, will c...
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Coppell angered by Goater leak
Steve Coppell is furious that a proposed loan deal taking Reading's striker Shaun Goater to their First Division rivals Ipswich Town was leaked to the press.
The Royals ...
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Bruce makes a bid for Butt
Birmingham City's manager Steve Bruce has made a bid for the Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt after being promised the funds to complete the next stage of his club...
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Don Lawrence
The artist Don Lawrence, who has died aged 75, toiled for more than two decades in anonymity - and for meagre payment - in British adventure comics, most famously paintin...
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Pensioners warned over council tax protests
Councils are set for a stand-off with pensioners as growing numbers pledge non payment of their council tax in protest at this year's increases.
The decision is the mos...
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The battle for social democracy
As a firm social democrat and student rep trying desperately to argue the case for free education, I was impressed by Polly Toynbee's critique of Blair's "co-payment" age...
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Is a Standard Life still worth a living?
I like Standard Life, says the insurance giant's current slogan. Yet the financial storm now surrounding the firm loads it with unintended irony.
For years the 179-year...
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