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New £4bn pension 'stealth tax'

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New £4bn pension 'stealth tax' - Gordon Brown was accused last night of imposing new pensions 'stealth tax' hard-pressed Middle England families saving for retirement Virgin premium rate row - Virgin Media is start charging customers 25p minute ring helpline for its broadband internet service, move that has been branded PR disaster for firm



New £4bn pension 'stealth tax'  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown was accused last night of imposing a new pensions 'stealth tax' on hard-pressed Middle England families saving for retirement
Virgin in premium rate row  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Virgin Media is to start charging customers 25p a minute to ring a helpline for its broadband internet service, in a move that has been branded a PR disaster for the firm
Market report: Friday close  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Close:The FTSE 100 index smashed through the 6700 barrier today, for the first time in almost seven years
Colleges plan to become seats of earning  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Property investors may soon be offered one of the classiest pieces of real estate imaginable - the ivory tower of academia
Warner in £2.5bn challenge for EMI  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Warner Music is preparing to trump private equity group Terra Firma's recommended offer for Britain's biggest music group EMI with a £2.5bn bid
Coach delivers a big boost for BAA  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Luxury accessories brand Coach will open its first European store in Heathrow's heavily criticised new Terminal 5, owned by BAA
MPs to take on equity bosses  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Private equity firms will this week attempt a robust defence of the way they are allowed to pay low rates of tax on some of their profits
Middle Britain hit harder by rising inflation  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The real inflation rate in Middle Britain is 16% higher than the official figure, researchers say, with only the best paid experiencing inflation close to the official level
Share push shame of top lawyer  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
A top solicitor has resigned after confessing to pocketing £250,000 in secret under-thecounter payments from unlicensed 'boiler room' share pushers exposed by Financial Mail
New delay in Bovey's flotation plans  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Millionaire property developer Grant Bovey has postponed the flotation of his buy-to-let management company, Imagine Homes, until at least summer 2008
Daily Mail 2006 tips: More gain than pain  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Fleet Street share-picking veteran Brian O'Connor's Investment Extra. This week, he examines his recommendations from last year...
Sainsbury family losing control  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The Sainsbury family today lost effective control of Britain's third-biggest supermarkets chain, making a sale appear inevitable
FTSE hits a seven-year high  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The FTSE 100 hit a seven-year high today as investors gorged themselves on takeover speculation involving Sainsbury's
Bank charges claims must improve  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Bank charges claimants have been warned to ensure their cases are watertight after signs that judges are becoming exasperated with the volume of claims and lack of a precedent
EDF and Scottish Power finally cut bills  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
EDF and Scottish Power customers will finally see their gas and electricity bills fall with cheaper prices kicking in today
The great garden grab  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
One-third of new houses in some parts of Britain are being built on gardens as developers take advantage of new planning rules
How to turn 25p into £12m  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Four executives with links to City bank Goldman Sachs are set to make millions when a company they bought for £1 is floated
A noble idea beset by spin and delays...  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Labour has at last rubberstamped the creation of a national pension for low earners. But it has been a long time coming and will be even longer before it gets off the ground
Midas: Profits fly but Burren is ignored  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker says Burren is being unfairly punshied by the stock market when profit growth has been exemplary and there is a lot more to come
Leaky SFO has got one foot in the grave  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
If the BAE case cannot be tried in court, it will be tried in the media. The Serious Fraud Office could be in serious trouble.
The future's here, and it's red  [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
While many experts credit globalisation for allowing us to maintain economic growth, 30 years of free trade and free capital markets have not done the trick for Britain