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Gas chief says: 'Just wear two jumpers.' - As families face huge heating bills, £1million-a-year gas chief says: 'Just wear two jumpers.'



Gas chief says: 'Just wear two jumpers.'  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
As families face huge heating bills, £1million-a-year gas chief says: 'Just wear two jumpers.'
Borrowing to surge as Brown moves goalposts  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown's economic credibility is under fire as never before after it emerged that his flagship fiscal rules will be scrapped later this year
Bank warns inflation to crash through 4%  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Mervyn King's number two at the Bank of England declared today that inflation will accelerate to 'well over' 4%
The week of the dead cat bounce  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Investment correspondent Philip Scott rounds up news from the stock market and this week's riser's and fallers
Market towns beat the neighbours  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Home buyers hoping to beat a house price slump should opt for traditional England - with more than half of market towns outperforming neighbours
Gas bills will top £1,000 a year - report  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Gas bills are set to rise by 66% to more than £1,000 a year, taking total energy costs to £1,600, families have been warned
Bank pair raise £8bn - but may need more  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Two of Britain's leading banks, HBOS and Barclays, secured a combined £8.5bn in fresh capital but there was immediate concern that they may need to seek yet more
Mortgages tumble 21% as buyers stay put  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
The mortgage crunch has seen lending in the traditional spring home buying period tumble by a fifth year-on-year
'Pay up or we'll sue' - Equitable victims  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Lawyers warned yesterday that they will sue the Government if it fails to pay compensation to Equitable Life's victims
Going on a summer holiday ... at home  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
The urge for long-haul holidays in exotic locations has taken a major hit thanks to the credit crunch and the Terminal 5 fiasco
Halifax cuts mortgage rates  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Britains biggest mortgage lender Halifax has followed the lead of Nationwide Building Society and banking rivals by cutting mortgage rates
House price 'agony' hits middle classes  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Middle Britain will be hit harder by falling house prices than the rest of the country, research shows
BBC to cut licence fee after digital switch  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
The TV licence fee will be reduced in 2013 once the digital switchover has been completed, Ofcom said last night
Cost of card fraud soars to £535m  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
The cost of credit and debit card fraud soared to a record high of £535m last year, the latest crime figures revealed yesterday
The £24 M&S suit starts High St battle  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer has cut the price of selected men's suits to only £24 as a new price war breaks out among embattled High St stores
Why is Equitable Life so special? | A&L and Abbey  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Evil lurks as the Google halo slips over privacy  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Labour's borrowing binge  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Price-setting focus is shifting  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Telecom Plus and Carrs  [07/19/2008 01:17 PM]