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Savvy Money: If a company says 'the name's bond', be on your guard
Saturday 03 August 2013
Low savings rates make help harder for parents
Friday 02 August 2013
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: no Heathrow expansion now
Friday 02 August 2013
BA boss says issue 'too politically sensitive'
Britain in debt: Half of UK adults 'living on financial edge'
Friday 02 August 2013
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'
Thursday 01 August 2013
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
Thursday 01 August 2013
Diabetes UK claims people are being put at risk from serious complications
Michael Gove overspends on consultants at expense of pupils, says Labour
Wednesday 31 July 2013
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
Tuesday 30 July 2013
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
Tuesday 30 July 2013
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
Tuesday 30 July 2013
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?
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Outlook: Accountancy’s Big Four have the financial clout and the wherewithal to fight their regulator
Two-thirds of nurses are 'too busy to talk to patients'
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Thousands more nursing posts have been cut since the research uncovered under-staffed wards
'Perverse' environmental charges on even the poorest families could see energy bills go up by a third
Monday 29 July 2013
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
Friday 26 July 2013
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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- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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