Labour hits out at Tory loans policy
The education secretary, Charles Clarke, today issued a critique of the Tories new top-up fees policy claiming it will leave universities ?1.1bn short and would penalise ...
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Students slam Tory loans plan
Students today labelled Tory plans to charge commercial rates on loans "abhorrent", as university bosses gave them a cautious welcome.
The president of the National Unio...
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Lib Dems pledge ?100 pensions boost
The Liberal Democrats today put pensions in the electoral frontline, with a promise to boost payments to everyone over 75 by ?100 a month.
With the Conservatives on the ...
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Axminster firm's profit warning
Higher interest rates and a slowdown in carpet sales led to a profit warning yesterday from Victoria. The maker of Axminster saw its shares fall 26% to 212.5p.
The firm ...
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August tarnishes Signet results
Jewellery sales lost their sparkle last month as higher interest rates made consumers more cautious, the transatlantic jewellery group Signet said yesterday.
The compan...
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Management/ Policy/ Technology/ Finance
September 2004
Management
· Absenteeism
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development found that public sector staff took an average of 10.7 days off sick each year, comp...
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You shall go to the school ... tackling the Cinderella syndrome
Girls are the most marginalised and disadvantaged group in poor communities.
They suffer lower rates of education, higher rates of exploitation, sexual violence and abu...
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UK's baby banks are sitting ducks for predators
At the turn of the year the FTSE stood at about 4500. Today it stands at 4420. The FTSE banking sector, a major component of the FTSE, fell 3.2 per cent between those dat...
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Abortions at record level, despite better contraception services
The number of abortions in England and Wales rose to a record 181,600 last year, raising doubts about the effectiveness of the government's strategy for improving contrac...
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Students can't win
The shock of last week was that A-level pass rates had risen to a ludicrously high 96%, so exams must be getting easier. And the shock this week is that GCSE pass rates h...
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