Record Shell profit spurs windfall tax calls
Shell was last night fighting calls for a windfall tax as it recorded the biggest profits by a British company. The £9.4bn earned in 2004 from oil and gas - £1m...
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Credit card calculations 'unfair for consumers
MPs are calling for a shake-up of the credit card industry after finding that "opaque and potentially misleading" information makes it virtually impossible for people to ...
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No verdict on the cards
Store cards are not a rip-off and are charging reasonable rates of interest - so says the Competition Commission.
Actually, the chaps at the commission would probably g...
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Business help urged for credit unions
The way in which credit unions are run in the UK could be revolutionised, a conference was told today.
Credit unions are cooperatives, owned and controlled by their memb...
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Q&A: Credit unions
What are credit unions for?
They are community-based financial cooperatives which are owned and run by their members. They allow members to save and borrow with them at...
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Government accused of failing on children's rights
The government's plans to put child welfare at the heart of its election strategy suffered a setback today as a coalition of charities warned that many children remain at...
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4% house price rises this year, says study
House prices will not go into reverse, but will rise at a healthy rate for at least the next two years, according to a new report from one of the City's most respected ho...
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Michael Howard less popular than Duncan Smith or Foot
The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record, column, Sunday February 6 2005
This article's headline does not accurately reflect the story benea...
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Tax showdown looms
Sylvia Hardy is a woman to watch in 2005. She is the Council Tax campaigner most likely to go to prison for withholding some of her payments. 'The nearest women's prison ...
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Poor face APRs of up to 1,000% for credit
Low-income families are often paying interest rates in excess of 1,000% APR to gain access to credit, according to a report endorsed by the government.
The study, publis...
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