|
Darling scraps 2p fuel duty increase [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
Chancellor Alistair Darling announced today that the 2p increase in fuel duty will be scrapped
|
|
Banks' £152 a year from each customer [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
High Street banks make £2.6bn a year from overdraft charges on 'complex and uncompetitive' current accounts, a report said today
|
|
Market report: Wednesday latest [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
12.00:Shell-shocked investors returned today hoping to gain some bargains in the wake of yesterday's sell-off that saw prices slump to the lowest in almost three years
|
|
Government to buy houses builders can't sell [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
Ministers today unveiled plans to buy up homes which housebuilders hit by the global economic downturn are unable to sell
|
|
Oil on the slide amid growing US fears [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
The oil price continued its slide today amid deepening worries about the state of the US economy
|
|
Payout order for victims of Equitable Life [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
The Parliamentary Ombudsman will tell the Government to pay compensation to one million people who lost money through the near-collapse of Equitable Life
|
|
Wolseley to axe 6000 jobs as profits crash [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
Six thousand jobs are being axed at Wolseley, the world's largest plumbing group, after profits crashed by hundreds of millions of pounds
|
|
Drivers face £5 toll on London motorways [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
Toll lanes may be introduced on motorways around London under a £6bn congestion-busting scheme announced today
|
|
Lenders beg Bank to rebuild market [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
The mortgage industry is calling on the government to take urgent action to kickstart the housing market
|
|
Credit crunch could hit Tories' tax cuts [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
A Conservative government may have to make public spending cuts if the economic gloom deepens, David Cameron signalled today
|
|
Co-op seals £1.6bn Somerfield takeover [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
Supermarket chain the Co-operative Group agreed a £1.56bn takeover of rival Somerfield today
|
|
Big Brother project 'threat to privacy' [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
Plans for a massive database snooping on the entire population were condemned yesterday as a 'step too far for the British way of life'
|
|
'Rip-off ' cost of texting to UK could fall 70% [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
The cost of sending a text message home while in other parts of Europe could be slashed by more than 70%
|
|
Inflation at nearly twice Bank's target rate [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
Prices are now going up at the fastest rate since May 1992, calling into doubt the Bank of England's ability to control inflation
|
|
Good times are over, UK is told [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
Soaring inflation and fears about the safety of the banking system sent share prices plunging in London, Asia and New York yesterday
|
|
Why is Equitable Life so special? | A&L and Abbey [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
|
|
Evil lurks as the Google halo slips over privacy [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
|
|
Inflation: Prepare for the big squeeze [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
|
|
Cameron's thinking on insolvency is flawed [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
|
|
Midas share tips: Telecom Plus and Carrs [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
|
|
|