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Anger as British Gas profits soar 500% - Homeowners reacted with fury today after British Gas revealed five-fold increase profits Gas ring bill Government rakes £31bn stamp duty - Homebuyers have forked out £31.5bn stamp duty over past ten years, was revealed yesterday House



Anger as British Gas profits soar 500%  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Homeowners reacted with fury today after British Gas revealed a five-fold increase in profits Gas ring and bill
Government rakes in £31bn in stamp duty  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Homebuyers have forked out £31.5bn in stamp duty over the past ten years, it was revealed yesterday House
Market report: Thursday latest  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
12.30:The oil price nudged back toward $100 a barrel in the Far East today after hitting new highs in the US Mickey Clark, City journalist for Evening Standard.
Taxpayers deliver record £56.5bn haul  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Taxpayers delivered a record amount to beleaguered Chancellor Alistair Darling in January - with income tax revenue up 15% to £25.8bn Alistair Darling
£4.5m for chiefs in charge of closing our Post Offices  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Royal Mail bosses raked in £4.5m in bonuses last year - more than enough to bail out the 169 London post offices facing closure Joan Collins in a post office advert
Rubbish taxes must be binned, say MPs  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
A Commons committee has called on the Government to scrap pilot scheme for pay-as-you-throw taxes in five towns and districts Refuse collection
City fights to stay world financial top-dog  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
London is facing a critical six months which will determine whether it remains the world's financial capital, an influential new study has claimed City of London skyline
Hit the internet for best car deals  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
More car buyers are shopping from their homes on the internet and making big savings in the process, say researchers Car Showroom
UK facing a US-style crisis, says Bank dove  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
One member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee thinks that Britain faces a similar economic crisis to the US david blanchflower of the Bank of England's MPC
Northern Rock sending customers to rivals  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Northern Rock has taken the extraordinary step of advising mortgage customers to go elsewhere for better deals - calling into question claims of 'business as usual' Northern Rock clock
No quick rate cut to bail out house prices  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Bank of England rate setter Kate Barker says the property downturn is speeding up, but has dampened hopes of a rate cut next month Kate Barker Bank of England
Alliance & Leicester profits tumble 29%  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Shares in A&L slumped to a record low as the bank unveiled a slump in profits and warned of a tough year ahead Alliance & Leicester
Sandler should be a true Brit  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Of one thing we can be certain: non-domiciled or not, Northern Rock's Ron Sandler will not be able to escape tax on his impressive income
30 second guide to private equity debt  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City desk explains the rationale behind private equity debt
Too much optimism could kill pensions  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Just who is being reckless when it comes to working out the future burden on company final-salary schemes?
Be thankful for mutuals when banks go bust  [02/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Many people in the North-East will be wondering whether Northern Rock should ever have floated on the stock market