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Report calls for two new council tax bands [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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A landmark report is expected to suggest new council tax bands should be introduced for the most expensive and cheapest homes
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Mortgage hikes fuel inflation jump [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Rising mortgage payments have driven a key measure of inflation to its highest level for more than 15 years, official figures showed today
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Market report: Tuesday latest [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Ofcom to probe pay-TV market [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Home loans record but 'boom near end' [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mortgage lending soared to record levels last month, but the boom in the housing market could be drawing to a close
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Sixteen in fight for Sugar's plum job [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Pound at risk from cheap foreign cash [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's economy is dangerously hooked on cheap foreign credit, fuelling an 'unsustainable' spending spree by individuals and the Government
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The rise of the £2,500 mortgage fee [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Hospitals' £95m parking bonanza [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Hospitals were accused of exploiting patients and their families yesterday after it emerged they raked in £95m from car parking fees last year
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Train fares to rise 20% for off-peak travel [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Train passengers travelling at off-peak times will pay up to 20% more under rules being introduced by Britain's biggest rail company
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£400m grabbed from dormant accounts [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than £400m in so-called dormant bank accounts is to be raided by the Government to fund charities and community centres.
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Rogue agents face £1,000 fine [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Rogue estate agents will be compelled to sign up to compensation schemes under new rules to protect homebuyers and sellers
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Sellers may yet pay up for home surveys [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners could be forced to pay for expensive surveys when they sell, despite an earlier climbdown by Ministers on controversial new rules
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Millions in 'fuel poverty' trap [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Barclays spurred by ABN link-up talks [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Barclays approached Dutch bank ABN Amro about a possible £80bn merger three weeks ago, it emerged this afternoon
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The video is dead - it's official [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Google working on plans for mobile phone [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Online search giant Google is understood to be developing its own mobile phone, thought to be a BlackBerry-like device
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A Budget boost for Isa investors [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Green measures tipped for Budget [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Road tax for gas-guzzling cars could double under plans being considered by Gordon Brown for the Budget, it emerged today
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500m eggs in free-range fraud [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Green taxes fly in the face of reason [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Monday view:The theory that if you increase taxes, fewer people will travel doesn't work, says BA's chief executive
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Property asking prices climb £110 a day [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Asking prices for houses shot up at an inflation-busting £110 a day over the last month, new research shows
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Over-55s richer as young suffer [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Older people have seen their wealth treble in the past ten years while young adults have become poorer, says the Bank of England
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Bankers launch £5m bonus fight [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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Two senior City bankers today went to the High Court to demand £5m in a profit-share bonus and damages
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Varley is banking on Europe [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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30 Second Guide To Inflation basket [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Shame on us for poor price of family silver [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Midas: A secure future for Lok'n'Store [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's stockpicker says that the UK's property boom is good news for investors in Lok'n'Store
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Thomson's pay must be cut to be equitable [03/20/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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