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Report calls for two new council tax bands - A landmark report is expected suggest new council tax bands should be introduced for most expensive cheapest homes Mortgage hikes fuel inflation jump - Rising mortgage payments have driven key measure of inflation its highest level for more 15 years, official figures showed today



Report calls for two new council tax bands  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
A landmark report is expected to suggest new council tax bands should be introduced for the most expensive and cheapest homes
Mortgage hikes fuel inflation jump  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Rising mortgage payments have driven a key measure of inflation to its highest level for more than 15 years, official figures showed today
Market report: Tuesday latest  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
12:25:The re-rating of takeover favourite ICI continued apace today as the share price traded at record highs with a jump of 5p to 487¾p
Ofcom to probe pay-TV market  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Media regulator Ofcom announced it is to launch an investigation into the pay-TV market in the wake of the BSkyB and Virgin Media battle
Home loans record but 'boom near end'  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Mortgage lending soared to record levels last month, but the boom in the housing market could be drawing to a close
Sixteen in fight for Sugar's plum job  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
A london Olympics hopeful, a bankrupt entrepreneur and a quantum physicist are among the fresh batch of contestants vying for a job with tycoon Sir Alan Sugar
Pound at risk from cheap foreign cash  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's economy is dangerously hooked on cheap foreign credit, fuelling an 'unsustainable' spending spree by individuals and the Government
The rise of the £2,500 mortgage fee  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Homebuyers are being hit by soaring charges for mortgages which have nearly doubled in just three years - making it harder to compare the cost of loans
Hospitals' £95m parking bonanza  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Hospitals were accused of exploiting patients and their families yesterday after it emerged they raked in £95m from car parking fees last year
Train fares to rise 20% for off-peak travel  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Train passengers travelling at off-peak times will pay up to 20% more under rules being introduced by Britain's biggest rail company
£400m grabbed from dormant accounts  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
More than £400m in so-called dormant bank accounts is to be raided by the Government to fund charities and community centres.
Rogue agents face £1,000 fine  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Rogue estate agents will be compelled to sign up to compensation schemes under new rules to protect homebuyers and sellers
Sellers may yet pay up for home surveys  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners could be forced to pay for expensive surveys when they sell, despite an earlier climbdown by Ministers on controversial new rules
Millions in 'fuel poverty' trap  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
The number of families forced to choose between heating or eating has doubled over the past two years as gas and electricity bills have soared
Barclays spurred by ABN link-up talks  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Barclays approached Dutch bank ABN Amro about a possible £80bn merger three weeks ago, it emerged this afternoon
The video is dead - it's official  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Time has officially been called on a handful of popular gadgets as video players, 35mm cameras and car CD changers are replaced in the nation's shopping basket
Google working on plans for mobile phone  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Online search giant Google is understood to be developing its own mobile phone, thought to be a BlackBerry-like device
A Budget boost for Isa investors  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Savers will get an instant boost from Gordon Brown's last Budget with an increase in the limit that can be invested in tax-free Isa accounts each year
Green measures tipped for Budget  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Road tax for gas-guzzling cars could double under plans being considered by Gordon Brown for the Budget, it emerged today
500m eggs in free-range fraud  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
A scam in which battery eggs from mainland Europe were passed off in Britain as free-range is far bigger than first thought, says the Government
Green taxes fly in the face of reason  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Monday view:The theory that if you increase taxes, fewer people will travel doesn't work, says BA's chief executive
Property asking prices climb £110 a day  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Asking prices for houses shot up at an inflation-busting £110 a day over the last month, new research shows
Over-55s richer as young suffer  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Older people have seen their wealth treble in the past ten years while young adults have become poorer, says the Bank of England
Bankers launch £5m bonus fight  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Two senior City bankers today went to the High Court to demand £5m in a profit-share bonus and damages
Varley is banking on Europe  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
A cross-border deal to create a rival to the American behemoths has been the ambition of Lloyds TSB but it appears Barclays may beat it to the punch
30 Second Guide To Inflation basket  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team examine the basket of goods that are monitored to determine the price of our daily lives - And why broccoli has replaced Brussels sprouts in our affections
Shame on us for poor price of family silver  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
What a terrible shame it would be if the markets again failed to place sufficient value on Cabdury Schweppes and allow it to slip into overseas control
Midas: A secure future for Lok'n'Store  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
The Financial Mail's stockpicker says that the UK's property boom is good news for investors in Lok'n'Store
Thomson's pay must be cut to be equitable  [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
It's to be hoped that Equitable chief executive Charles Thomson's bulging pay packet will be slimmed down to reflect the shrinking empire he presides over