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Low-cost housing schemes slammed

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Low-cost housing schemes slammed - Government schemes to help key workers onto the housing ladder were branded 'wasteful and inefficient' today. Market report: Friday close - Fears of an all-out war in the Middle East and its impact on petrol prices rocked international equity markets today but the Footsie held fairly firm



Spectre of £5 a gallon looms  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Motorists face the prospect of paying £5 for a gallon of petrol after oil prices reached a record high yesterday
Low-cost housing schemes slammed  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Government housing schemes to help key workers onto the housing ladder were branded 'wasteful and inefficient' today
Market report: Friday close  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Fears of an all-out war in the Middle East and its impact on petrol prices rocked international equity markets today but the Footsie held fairly firm
Bankers cash in on Rosneft float  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Rosneft, the biggest initial public offering in London's history, kicked off trading on the Stock Exchange today
Benjys collapse leaves bad taste for backer  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Sandwich bar chain Benjys looks set to collapse into administration amid spiralling losses and franchise disputes
Lottery firm trebles charity charge  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Struggling new lottery operator Chariot today upped the charge it makes to participating charities threefold in a bit to raise revenues
FSA pair hold key to bankers' defence  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Two top Financial Services Authorities executives could be called as key defence witnesses in the NatWest Three fraud case
Babcock confident of future prospects  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Engineering firm Babcock today said current trading was in line with expectations after the financial year started 'very satisfactorily'
Enodis considers new offer  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Enodis today said it was considering a revised £892m takeover proposal from US-based food services equipment company Manitowoc
Oil soars, shares plunge  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's top-ranking shares took a battering today as political tensions intensified around the globe and oil prices crept to record highs
High noon for cowboy agents  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
In a major clampdown on cowboy estate agents announced today, all agents will be forced to join an Ombudsman scheme or be banned from trading
Two new rate-setters appointed  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Chancellor Gordon Brown today finally filled the gaps in the interest-rate setting Bank of England monetary policy committee by with two appointees
NatWest Three extradited to US  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Three British bankers were searched and stripped of their possessions today as they were extradited to the US to face fraud charges
Shock court ruling on Sony-BMG deal  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
A European court has torn up the European Commission approval of the 2004 merger between Sony Music and BMG
Surge in water firm complaints  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Customer complaints about their water companies are up 10% overall on last year, figures out today show- CALCULATOR: Should you have a water meter?
Insult added to ID theft injury  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Victims of identity theft are suffering 'appalling' treatment from banks and the police, a consumer group claims
Court takes charge of Eurotunnel's future  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
The future of Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel was placed in the hands of the French legal system today
Divi rise promise as Aviva buys in US  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
insurance giant Aviva today announced a £900m share placing as it agreed the £1.6bn takeover of US life insurer AmerUs
Goodbye to fat government  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Next year's Comprehensive Spending Review, when it comes, will mark the end of the Government's spending explosion
Teach them a lesson!  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
How can the Government expect children to manage their CTF money if they don't receive financial education at school?
Begbies Traynor going for broke  [07/15/2006 01:17 PM]
Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report includes Begbies Traynor

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