Plan to cut tax on social housing
The European commission is considering a tax change that the could save the UK's housing associations hundreds of millions of pounds each year, it emerged today.
Housing...
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Poor people 'more likely to be murdered
The poorer you are the more likely you are to be murdered, new research has found.
A study of murder rates and wealth in Britain also revealed that murder rates among p...
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Child poverty at home and abroad
Both Unicef and Save the Children are deeply committed to child survival and continue to support health programmes that seek to cut mortality rates (Letters, December 13)...
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Don't blow all the dough on Christmas
Christmas is fun but it can be phenomenally expensive. The office Christmas party, extra nights in the pub, presents for the family, and taxis home all take their toll on...
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Bank of England frets over hedge fund risks
The Bank of England is growing increasingly concerned at large inflows of money into hedge funds as institutions and individuals are prepared to take higher risks than in...
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Work ministry chalks up sick days record
Record numbers of sick civil servants at the Department for Work and Pensions are costing taxpayers more than £100m a year, the National Audit Office reveals in a re...
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Award on the cards
In the drugs version of the Top Trumps game, heroin is the killer card. On every comparator it rates the maximum seven. If you are dealt it, you will struggle to win the ...
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Six million say: it's no credit to the government
Sarah has received 11 different notices of what she is meant to receive in the form of working tax credit (WTC) in the past year - but still has no idea.
Meanwhile, De...
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Speed of the essence in explosive duel of champions
Stand them nose to nose in the middle of a field and Moscow Flyer and Azertyuiop would probably just give each other a sniff and go their separate ways. Not for them the ...
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Washington funds false sex lessons
The Bush administration is funding sexual health projects that teach children that HIV can be contracted through sweat and tears, touching genitals can result in pregnanc...
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