Bank set to meet inflation target
The Bank of England today hinted that interest rates may have peaked as it said it was on course to meet its inflation target assuming that rates remain unchanged.
The ...
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Home truths about tax
If Polly Toynbee and Kate Barker want "a tax on all your houses" (Comment, November 5), they shouldn't stop at new ones. In fact, the planning gain supplement is a specie...
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China lets in a little more light
China, having surprised the world 10 days ago with its first interest rate rise in nine years, took another unusual step last week by publishing for the first time the an...
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Commanding heights
In March 2000 the British government created the world's first minister for corporate social responsibility (Nigel Griffiths, appointed in the latest reshuffle, is now th...
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Will Labour get credit for lending reforms?
In what is widely expected to be the last Queen's speech before the next general election, a crackdown on unscrupulous and unfair lenders was announced today.
The consu...
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Queen's speech promises tighter credit laws
Consumers are to get greater rights and improved protection in an overhaul of the credit laws announced today in the Queen's speech.
The consumer credit bill marks the ...
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Hurricanes help to create jobs in US
George Bush received the best possible boost to the start of his second term yesterday when US payrolls rose at the fastest rate for seven months, well above the market's...
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We like HSBC's 0% card
It is offering zero per cent on purchases until September 2005, and zero per cent on balance transfers for nine months.
The cards' long-term rates are 15.9% APR for Cl...
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Review warns of 'polarised' post-16 learning
An unofficial bipartite system of academic and vocational post-16 education could undermine the ability of schools and colleges to collaborate effectively, the first annu...
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MPs vote for ?8,000 rise in staff allowance
A cross-party coalition of MPs yesterday voted to increase their staff allowance by more than £8,000 a year in a move that will cost the taxpayer an extra £3m. ...
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