Anti-truancy crusade fails to make an impact
The government has failed to cut truancy rates in England despite spending hundreds of millions of pounds on measures to reduce absence from school, according to a report...
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Credit card firms 'must be forced to change
Consumer groups have welcomed MPs' calls for changes in the credit card industry, but urged the government to use its force to ensure the changes are drastic enough.
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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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