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Households face £1.3bn gas bill blow

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Households face £1.3bn gas bill blow - Britain's households could have find an extra £1.3bn because of controversial claims for cash by gas companies that will increase domestic energy bills BBC fined for Blue Peter phone-in scandal - Media watchdog Ofcom has imposed an unprecedented £50,000 fine BBC over Blue Peter phone-in scandal which young studio guest posed as fake competition winner



Households face £1.3bn gas bill blow  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's households could have to find an extra £1.3bn because of controversial claims for cash by gas companies that will increase domestic energy bills
BBC fined for Blue Peter phone-in scandal  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Media watchdog Ofcom has imposed an unprecedented £50,000 fine on the BBC over the Blue Peter phone-in scandal in which a young studio guest posed as a fake competition winner
Market report: Monday latest  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
11.00:Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose is in for a tough time tomorrow when he will have to explain to shareholders why sales growth has slowed dramatically
Bank gets boost in inflation fight  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The pressure on the Bank of England to raise rates even further may have lessened today as figures showed manufacturing prices were fairly subdued in June
Most Britons fail to make a will  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
More than half the British adult population are risking their money and possessions not going where they they want when they die, according to a new survey
Scrap stamp-duty, says think tank  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Stamp duty has become a major financial barrier for first-time buyers in most regions of Britain, says the Policy Exchange
Boeing unveils 787 Dreamliner  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Planemaker Boeing today unveiled its new 'green' 787 Dreamliner aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce engines
Pupils to be taught how to save and invest  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Children as young as 11 are to be taught how to manage money, plan a pension and calculate rates of interest
Monday view: Why we need alternative energy  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Analysis:There is a lot of talk about climate change and global warming, but people have given them little real thought and think they are one and the same
Higher rates hit business confidence  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The first signs that higher interest rates are beginning to bite came today as an index of business confidence slumped to a 16-month low last month
Pensions fury at United Biscuits  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
United Biscuits, famous for such household brands as McVitie's and Jacob's, will hold crisis talks with unions this week over controversial plans to scrap its generous final salary pension scheme
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our weekly round-up of some of the biggest news stories from the financial world this Sunday
Norwich Union windfalls may be axed  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Insurance giant giant Aviva is believed to be trying to shelve a controversial plan to free £4bn of surplus assets in its Norwich Union with-profits business
Sony cuts Playstation 3 price - in America  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Sony is slashing the price of PlayStation 3 consoles in America as it tries to claw back ground from Nintendo's rival Wii player, but it would not confirm if UK prices will follow suit
Waitrose plans big expansion  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The new boss of Waitrose is eyeing smaller stores as part of an aggressive expansion that will open up access to its shops to millions more
Fury over UK leaded petrol exports  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Environmentalists have attacked Britain's continuing export of lead petrol additives, decades after they were phased out in the UK
Standard Life bonus shares boost  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
More than 1.7m Standard Life small shareholders are to receive bonus shares worth about £137 each to mark the anniversary of the insurer's flotation
Clean coal plants to cost taxper £1bn  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's energy titans want taxpayers to stump up nearly £1bn to support experimental 'clean coal' power plants that would store greenhouse gases under the North Sea
Time to praise insurers  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The response we have seen to the floods represents the insurance industry at its best - it is time to praise those we often seek to bury, says Financial Mail's personal finance editor
RBS looks winner in ABN fight  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
The titanic struggle for control of Dutch bank ABN Amro between Barclays and a consortium headed by Royal Bank of Scotland has dragged on but the end is in sight
Debt trap looms with past warnings  [07/09/2007 01:17 PM]
A new feverishness over debts in Britain and America, was threatening world financial stability - but what can we learn from 40 years ago?