Pressure on China to bring economy down to earth
China will come under renewed pressure at this weekend's Group of Seven meeting in London to ditch its fixed exchange rate regime and instead allow the yuan to float free...
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Fleece the audience
It is now all but impossible to remember a time when Saturday-night TV did not come with an unwelcome adjunct, insidious tax. Almost every new format that has appeared on...
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Nursery care costs soar
The cost of childcare in Britain is rising at over three times the rate of inflation, with nursery fees in inner London soaring by 17% over the last year, according to a ...
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Fatal fallout
It is the little girl's body cut in half, her legs and bottom separated from her head, arms and torso, that regularly features in James Heer's nightmares. A guardsman in ...
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Ringing the changes
A children's charity is breaking new ground, and could be courting controversy, by launching a premium-rate phone line to raise funds.
The Children's Society is aiming ...
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A poor aim
The government's education watchdog, Ofsted, is today expected to highlight weaknesses in some areas of teaching of the literacy and numeracy strategies in primary school...
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Freeserve gets its lines crossed
Customers who sign up with Freeserve, Britain's most popular internet access provider, for its flat rate £13.99 a month AnyTime service can find themselves with tele...
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England 1 - 0 Taxman
Dogged by broken metatarsals and searching questions about the best team formation ahead of their World Cup challenge, England's football stars are still displaying stunn...
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Cracking down on credit card fraud
If it hasn't already happened to you, the chances are you'll know someone who's been a victim of credit card fraud.
It's a crime that's on the increase and, according to...
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Beside themselves at the seaside
This year, the typical council tax bill will jump by £72 to £963, a rise of 8% - more than three times the general rate of inflation. But pity the poor househol...
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