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Interest payments soar £93bn - Britain's interest repayments have soared by £12.7bn record £93bn year - raising fears that many families' finances are spinning out of control worried borrower-debt Santander bid hopes send A&L soaring - Shares Alliance & Leicester soared 57p 705p today after reports that takeover talks started by Spain's Banco Santander last month are 'not dead' Alliance & Leicester, Branch



Interest payments soar to £93bn  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's interest repayments have soared by £12.7bn to a record £93bn a year - raising fears that many families' finances are spinning out of control worried borrower-debt
Santander bid hopes send A&L soaring  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Shares in Alliance & Leicester soared 57p to 705p today after reports that takeover talks started by Spain's Banco Santander last month are 'not dead' Alliance & Leicester, Branch
Market report: Wednesday latest  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
12.30:Next week's trading update from J Sainsbury is unlikely to make pleasant reading Trader
Ocado to deliver baby clothes and flowers  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Internet grocer Ocado is planning an offensive against the major supermarkets by branching out into new areas such as baby clothes and flowers Ocado is the on-line delivery service for Waitrose
New Year begins with Great Train Robbery  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Rail companies faced a backlash from passengers and politicians today as they raised fares by up to 14.5% Virgin Train
Tough times ahead for the High Street  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The brutal festive trading period was not a complete disaster for retailers, but a leading analyst now warns 2008 will be even more challenging for the High Street Christmas Shops
5m 'gold' pensions in public sector  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Public sector workers on 'gold-plated' pension schemes outnumber their private sector counterparts by more than five to one for the first time An NHS nurse taking notes
House prices 'to drop by £20,000 in a year'  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
An average of £20,000 will be wiped off the value of every home by next Christmas, it has been claimed House Prices
World markets ride out the storm  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The world's financial markets rode out the credit crisis, which saw banks forced to write off almost £30bn, to end the year for the most part higher than they began it Traders Stock exchange
Fish flown 5,000 miles from starving Africa  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
A major supermarket chain has outraged human rights activists by flying fish 5,000 miles from starving Zimbabwe
Stamp duty three times more in South  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Homebuyers in the South are paying more than three times as much stamp duty as those in the North London houses
'The house price crash starts in 2008'  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Analysis:Fred Harrison is author of Boom Bust: House Prices, Banking and the Depressioon of 2010. Here he discusses solutions to the boom-bust cycle Property for sale signs
Passenger fury as rail fares rise up to 15%  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Millions of rail passengers will be hit with 'rip-off' New Year fare hikes of up to 15%. Despite delays, overcrowding and poor service, train operators will increase fares on Wednesday Virgin Train
Sir Richard swoops into Virgin dispute  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Sir Richard Branson dramatically intervened in a standoff with Virgin Atlantic staff, warning their pay demands could create a 'dangerous precedent' threatening the company's future Branson - sunglasses
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Here's our round-up of some of the key business and financial stories in the newspapers this weekend Pile of newspapers
Ten towns to defy 2008 house price gloom  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
As gloom engulfs the housing market, experts have named ten places they believe will buck the trend in 2008 London skline by night
Winners to beat the gloom in 2008  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
I'm often accused of being excessively gloomy. As we look towards 2008, it is hard to be anything else, says Alex Brummer
The real price is paid after the sales end  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The madding crowds charging across retail thresholds last week only added to the unreal feel as we leave 2007, coming as they did against bleak forecasts for the New Year
Hetherington: victim of European scam fights back  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's readers' champion warns that the bark of a notorious organisation called the European City Guide is worse than its bite
Please applaud these pension fighters  [01/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Though it has taken a lot longer than it should, it seems the 140,000 victims of failed pension schemes will now receive richly deserved justice