Brawny and Clyde
Pasolini's Salo features in its credits a list of books for further reading. The press notes for Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen contain a short essay on poverty in Scotland an...
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Fight to salvage my old banger
My car was stolen in spring and I claimed on my insurance with Admiral. The car was later found damaged, and written off by Admiral largely because it was 10 years old. ...
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Carlton to halve dividend, broker predicts
Carlton Communications will halve its dividend payment to shareholders to alleviate financial concerns, the ITV company's own stockbroker predicted yesterday.
Cutting t...
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Beijing stumped for an answer to Washington's 'new imperialism
It is an awful prospect for President Jiang Zemin - far worse than a mass strike by laid-off workers, violent peasant protests at taxation, or any domestic upset that mig...
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Inland Revenue's property sold to company in tax haven
The Inland Revenue yesterday admitted that it sold its entire property portfolio of 600 buildings to a company based in a tax haven, despite a Treasury crackdown on tax d...
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So, who should you turn to?
Debt advice is Britain's new growth industry. Thousands of people are employed to pick up the pieces from the credit-card fuelled consumer spending boom. Many are earnest...
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Forms may hinder claims
A government scheme launched this week to increase benefit payments to low and middle income families has immediately come under fire for generating miles of red tape tha...
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Can creditors refuse to deal with a third party?
Q I have paid a company to sort out my finances, which so far they have done very well. They have been very efficient and reduced my payments considerably and have made...
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Do I really need to insure my loan?
Q I have accumulated debt from a number of credit cards and loans since moving to London seven years ago. Following advice from my bank (Clydesdale) I consolidated all th...
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Pension facts
The demographics
· Currently 11.1 million state pensions are in payment (including BSP and Serps) - going to 10.2 million people in Great Britain and 900,000 overs...
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