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Data confirms property booming - Government figures released today confirmed that house price inflation picked up speed January with annual rate of increase recorded at 10.9% ID card details for sale banks - Banks other businesses are be sold personal information stored Government's ID cards database order fund scheme



Data confirms property booming  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Government figures released today confirmed that house price inflation picked up speed in January with the annual rate of increase recorded at 10.9%
ID card details for sale to banks  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks and other businesses are to be sold personal information stored on the Government's ID cards database in order to fund the scheme
Market report: Monday latest  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
12.45: Shares of ICI were being chased to new record highs today with a rise of 28p at 492p as the odds on a bid for the chemicals giant shortened
New homes 'threat to 10,000 green belt acres'  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
At least 10,000 acres of green belt land will be destroyed to meet the Government's house-building targets, rural campaigners have warned
ITV quiz says two plus two is 506  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
ITV could be fined after broadcasting a mathematics challenge on late-night television which some of the country's best brains are unable to solve
Aston Martin returns for £450m  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
US giant Ford will today announce a £450m deal to sell iconic car company Aston Martin to a consortium led by British motorsport boss Dave Richards
Let the MPC keep up the good work  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Monday view:Ten years on it's time to judge the MPC - Only pointy-headed academics and opposition politicians would argue for change
Tory flight tax plan rubbished  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Radical Tory plans to introduce environmental taxes on flights to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions triggered an angry backlash last night
Has cash had its chips?  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Until now, royalty and paupers have been the only ones not to carry cash. But within five years, it could apply to all of us
£2bn unfair charges still to be claimed  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
More than half of those who are eligible to reclaim unfair penalty charges from the banks, have yet to take action
Boots crisis talks on £10bn bid  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Directors of Alliance Boots are this weekend convening an emergency board meeting to consider Friday's shock £9.7bn takeover offer
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Virgin Radio admits phone request scam  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Virgin Radio has admitted charging listeners for record requests that they stand little or no chance of hearing on air, echoing the scandal over TV phone-ins
£60,000 homes go on sale for £175,000  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
The flagship scheme to build affordable homes for just £60,000 was last night facing embarrassment after the first properties went on sale - for at least £175,000 each
Rubbish tax 'could be £20 a week'  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Government proposals to charge households according to the weight of rubbish they generate could cost families more than £1,000 a year, a senior council chief has warned
Brown to stake £600m on clean power  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Chanellor Gordon Brown plans to invest up to £600m to develop 'carbon capture' technology to transform coal into a clean fuel
Property boss faces £625,000 claim  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
A former head of valuations for Dunlop Haywards, part of Aim-listed property company Erinaceous, is being pursued for £625,000 by the administrators of a failed property company
BAE faces new inquiry over arms deals  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Defence giant BAE Systems faces an inquiry into allegations that it misled the Government over arms deals
Terrace homes rise fastest  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Forever associated with two-up two-downs and Coronation Street, terrace houses may not have much glamour, but their value has risen faster than any other property type
Russians storm billionaires' club  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
The world's richest are getting younger and wealthier with more Russians and Indians among the 946 billionaires on Forbes magazine's 2007 list
Ramsay takes £2m bite out of his profits  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Ramsay has awarded himself a £2.1m bonus from the earnings of his burgeoning restaurant empire which has slipped £2.4m into the red
Bulgaria homes bulldozer threat  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Bulgaria is a fast-growing destination for Britons buying property abroad but could an environmental row lead to dream homes being demolished?
Action as TV quiz scandal grows  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Channel Five quiz shows featured fake 'winners' it was revealed today as the official regulator announced a crackdown on premium rate phone services
Midas: Morgan's focus still on growth  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail on Sunday's star share tipper gives the thumbs up to Morgan Sindall and a qualified approval to GTE
Tricked by a charity publisher  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Every week, Financial Mail's ace investigator Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries
Murdoch can feel smug on quiz scandal  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Down the centuries, women have been portrayed as learning to their cost that hard-won reputations are easily lost. It is a lesson that our major broadcasters should start to absorb
Mutual may rue this shopping spree  [03/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Diversification through acquisition makes no sense at all if as a consequence it merely dilutes the quality of the whole business