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Put road tax rises in reverse, say MPs - To add to Gordon Brown's misery, MPs will today attack proposals to hit millions of drivers with backdated car tax increases of up to £245



Put road tax rises in reverse, say MPs  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
To add to Gordon Brown's misery, MPs will today attack proposals to hit millions of drivers with backdated car tax increases of up to £245
HSBC reports 28% falls in profits  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
HSBC today revealed a 28% fall in first-half profits as the impact of US bad debts and credit crunch losses continued to weigh on the banking giant
Market report: Monday latest  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
10.30:Shares are expected to open lower with further earnings reports from UK banks, kicking off today with HSBC, and global interest rate decisions to be the main focus
Brown: Secretive over economic plan  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Whitehall officials are complaining they are being kept in the dark about Gordon Brown's long-awaited new Economic Recovery Plan
Buy-to-let hit as rents fall by 20%  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Rents are falling by 20% across London as landlords are forced to slash prices because of over-supply
Energy firms face carbon cash grab  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown has interrupted his seaside family holiday to intervene in the growing row over soaring fuel prices
Thomson offers holidays at £2 a night  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
A holiday price war has broken out as Britain's biggest tour operator offers sunshine getaways for £2 a night
City bank chiefs face having bonuses halved  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
City banks could cut the bonuses paid to their executives by as much as 50% in the wake of the credit crisis and massive losses racked
The iPhone to go 'nano'  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Apple is about to launch a 'nano' version of the hugely successful iPhone. It is expected to be in the shops in time for Christmas
Home improvement loans 'up almost 90%'  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Lloyds TSB said it had seen a near 20% jump in the number of people looking to borrow money to improve their home
Banks shock as RBS faces a £1.5bn loss  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to plunge up to £1.5bn into the red - the biggest loss in British banking history
Air fares to soar as BA profits fall by 90%  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
British Airways profits have fallen by nearly 90% and its boss admits the airline industry is in crisis
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the Sunday Papers are reporting from the world of finance and business | Sunday newspaper share tips
A year on, Hips are just 'a waste of time'  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
The majority of house buyers think Home Information Packs are a waste of time, a survey has revealed
Sadie Frost's firm goes bust with £4m debt  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Sadie Frost's clothing company FrostFrench has gone into administration with debts of more than £4m
Let's hear it for a Tesco 'value' bank  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Santander and Rexam  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: A rum deal in the Caribbean  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
A sickening jackpot for mis-selling  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
Odds against Tullett for GFI merger  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
MPC wilts in climate change  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]
A conflict the City's watchdog must solve  [08/04/2008 01:17 PM]