Severance payments
They were plucked from their families as young children and sent to live in church-run schools where they were forbidden to speak their own languages. The idea was to pre...
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Equality at a price as benefit payments slashed
Gay and lesbian couples who live together and receive tax credits or other forms of government financial assistance could see their income drop as a result of the new Civ...
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Protests across Russia force Putin to double increase in pension payments
President Vladimir Putin, forced on to the back foot by week-long protests by Russia's pensioners, doubled increases in pension payments and announced plans to reintroduc...
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Payments plan for egg donors
Britain's fertility watchdog is considering changing the rules to allow payments to people who donate their sperm, eggs or embryos to infertile couples.
The proposal - ...
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Payments system for vulnerable 'difficult to use
Red tape is one of the main obstacles faced by vulnerable people trying to access funds that allow them to pay for their own services, a new report has warned.
The Commi...
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Academies in payments row
Two of the government-favoured academy schools have paid out hundreds of thousands of pounds to organisations owned by their sponsors, it emerged yesterday.
The King's ...
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Weir faces blacklisting for 'Saddam payments
Engineering group Weir could be blacklisted by the Government's exports agency after becoming embroiled in controversy over possible kickbacks paid to Saddam Hussein's re...
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German executives cleared over Vodafone payments
A court today cleared Germany's leading bank chief and five others of illegally overpaying executives following Europe's biggest corporate takeover.
In a packed courtroo...
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E-university bosses defend bonus payments
The men in charge of the UK's ill-fated e-university, which has folded with a ?50m loss to the taxpayer, today strongly defended the bonus payments they received and blam...
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Weekly graduate payments 'will halve', says Clarke
Weekly payments by graduates will halve under the government's tuition fees scheme, Charles Clarke, the education secretary, said today as he welcomed the news that the h...
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