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Savvy Money: If a company says 'the name's bond', be on your guard

Buying a firm's debt may not be a path to safe, steady returns. In fact, you could lose everything

Low savings rates make help harder for parents

Returns from cash savings are crushing parents' hopes of helping their children to get a foot on the housing ladder, as interest rates are outstripped by house prices over the long term.

IAG boss Willie Walsh has said Heathrow expansion is now unlikely

IAG boss Willie Walsh: no Heathrow expansion now

BA boss says issue 'too politically sensitive'

Debt collection companies can be persistent

Britain in debt: Half of UK adults 'living on financial edge'

A nation of Britons 'living for now' are infact living on the edge when it comes to finances

80% of adults in England don't exercise enough

80% of adults in England 'don't exercise enough'

New study of 1 million adults in England also found that poorer individuals were more likely to be unhealthy

Threat to diabetes sufferers as NHS rations testing strips to save money

Diabetes UK claims people are being put at risk from serious complications

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Michael Gove overspends on consultants at expense of pupils, says Labour

Michael Gove’s department is breaking its own agreed spending deals with the Treasury by going £114m over budget through its use of private-sector consultants and contractors, Labour claims.

Profits suffer at Santander UK following rise in savings rates

Eurozone woes have squeezed Santander’s UK profits this year as it pays the price for having to dangle more attractive deposit rates to tempt nervy savers, the bank said today.

Increasing numbers of those nearing retirement plan to buy holiday home abroad

Spain is the favoured destination for 1 in 4 holiday home buyers

Inadequate minimum wage isn't working, says its chief architect Sir George Bain

Professor Sir George Bain says the value of minimum wage has fallen because it hasn't kept pace with inflation

Do watchdogs have  the stomach to take on the likes of Deloitte?

Outlook: Accountancy’s Big Four have the financial clout and the wherewithal to fight their regulator

Two thirds of nurses have had to sacrifice time spent comforting and talking to patients because they are over-worked

Two-thirds of nurses are 'too busy to talk to patients'

Thousands more nursing posts have been cut since the research uncovered under-staffed wards

The cost of funding renewable energy schemes is being passed on to even the poorest households

'Perverse' environmental charges on even the poorest families could see energy bills go up by a third

The cost of meeting the Government's climate change commitments means all households can expect big price increases, MPs said

Simon Read: Premium bonds rate cut leaves slim hope of jackpot

An estimated 22 million people hold Premium Bonds. That's around a third of the country. But why do they remain so popular?

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Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

The great war photographer was not one person but two. Their pictures of Spain's civil war, lost for decades, tell a heroic tale
The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

Someone, somewhere has to write speeches for world leaders to deliver in the event of disaster. They offer a chilling hint at what could have been
Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Think comedy’s a man's world? You must be stuck in the 1980s, says Holly Williams
Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

The Dr Feelgood guitarist talks frankly about his terminal illness
Lure of the jingle: Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life

Lure of the jingle

Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life
Who stole the people's own culture?

DJ Taylor: Who stole the people's own culture?

True popular art drives up from the streets, but the commercial world wastes no time in cashing in
Guest List: The IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Guest List: IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Before you stuff your luggage with this year's Man Booker longlist titles, the case for some varied poolside reading alternatives
What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

Rupert Cornwell: What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
From Edinburgh to Hollywood (via the Home Counties): 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
They think it's all ova: Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

With its own Tiger Woods - South Korea's Inbee Park - the women's game has a growing audience
10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

Here are the potential stars of the World Championships which begin on Saturday
The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

Briefings are off the record leading to transfer speculation which is merely a means to an end