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UK housing: Cameron offering first-time buyers 20% discounts
First-time buyers will be offered the chance of a 20% discount on new builds.
Dec 15, 2014
UK house prices plunge in record fall as London homes lose £30,000 in a month
Asking prices in Greater London have been falling since the summer.
Dec 15, 2014
Oil prices could reach $40 per barrel as Opec confirms refusal to cut production
The head of Opec reiterated that it will not try to stop plunging oil prices by reducing output.
Dec 15, 2014
DWP: Government benefits cap pushes job applications up by a third
Government study shows 41% more likely to get a job than people who were unaffected by the cap.
Dec 15, 2014
Zero-hour contract workers earn £300 less per week than permanent staff
TUC report shows average weekly earnings for zero-hour workers are £188.
Dec 15, 2014
CIA torture report becomes bestseller on Amazon
The report costs $2.99 on Amazon.com for a Kindle edition.
Dec 11, 2014
Switzerland charges ex-HSBC whistleblower Herve Falciani with industrial espionage
French, Italian, Spanish and German tax authorities have used Falciani's leaked data to pursue billions in lost revenue.
Dec 11, 2014
Scots face higher buying costs on homes worth over £254,000 after stamp duty and land tax reform
Both Osborne's new stamp duty system and Swinney's LBBT will cost middle income Scots more.
Dec 11, 2014
Oil prices prevented from rising as Saudi Arabia refuses to cut production
Brent crude oil contract fell below the $65 per barrel mark for the first time in more than five years.
Dec 11, 2014
Superbugs will kill more people than cancer by 2050 and cost $100tn
Drug resistant infections currently kill 700,000 people a year.
Dec 11, 2014
Scotland devolution report: Potential 'chaos' looms as Scottish government is 'unprepared' for new tax powers
Audit Scotland report warns the country's devolved government is not prepared for major changes.
Dec 11, 2014
Economists rubbish George Osborne's spending cuts pledge
A Reuters poll of 22 economists show an overwhelming majority are concerned over Osborne's pledges.
Dec 11, 2014
UK house prices grow at slowest rate in 18 months
However, George Osborne's property tax cuts are tipped to boost sales shortly.
Dec 11, 2014
Uber taxi service ordered to shut down in Spain by court
Spanish judge orders taxi service Uber to cease all activities in the country
Dec 09, 2014
FCA executives have bonuses cancelled after leaked insurance investigation blunder
The FCA leaked insurance industry probe to a newspaper earlier this year, wiping billions of stock values.
Dec 09, 2014
Tesco shares could plunge to 140p amid jitters over lengthy fraud probes
Tesco unveiled another profit warning amid fraud investigations.
Dec 09, 2014
Madeleine McCann: British police arrive in Portugal to question Robert Murat and 10 others
Three-year-old 'Maddie' disappeared from the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz in May 2007.
Dec 09, 2014
Margaret Thatcher murder plots: IRA given info from FBI 'female, secretary type' mole to help kill ex-PM
Irish republican militants repeatedly tried to assassinate the 'Iron Lady' in the 1980s and 1990s
Dec 09, 2014
Scottish businesses ramping up recruitment in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen
The services, financial and oil market industries are set to receive a boost in staff
Dec 09, 2014
Black Friday pushed UK retail sales to three month high
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said total retail spending was 2.2% higher in November.
Dec 09, 2014
Deutsche Bank in $190m tax fraud lawsuit with US government
The US is recouping losses from the German bank's tax fraud activities from 14 years ago.
Dec 09, 2014
Walgreens pulls 'Swastika' wrapping paper from Hanukkah section in store
Jewish grandmother's complaint about the US pharmacy's wrapping paper has led to a stock withdrawal.
Dec 08, 2014
Banning GTA 5 in the UK is a lazy attempt to blame video games for societal ills
Despite the perceived depiction of women in the game, banning GTA 5 in Britain would be too extreme
Dec 08, 2014
'Rabbi of America' Shmuley Boteach: Britain suffering 'a tsunami of anti-Semitism and Israel hatred'
Boteach said in an interview that the UK has become worryingly anti-Israel.
Dec 08, 2014
UK house prices: Young Londoners opt for 300 sq ft 'micro flats' to live in 'perfect location'
Knight Frank said some 54% of 18 to 24 year olds said they would be happy to live in a studio flat.
Dec 08, 2014
UK government to urge prioritisation of maths and science teaching
David Cameron will announce the opening of a National College for Digital Skills in London in 2015.
Dec 08, 2014
Black Friday 2014 pushes UK consumer spending to near fastest rate since 2010
Visa Europe said strong November consumer spending could buoy up the year.
Dec 08, 2014
Britons brace for UK interest rate hike as household debt reaches £1.5tn
Interest rates have been held at a record low of 0.5% for more than six years.
Dec 08, 2014
Air pollution 'killing nearly as many as smoking in the UK', warns Environmental Audit Committee
The EAC said new hospitals, care homes and schools should be built away from major roads.
Dec 08, 2014
Jimmy Savile sex scandal: Driver Ray Teret guilty of 7 rapes and 11 indecent assaults with girls as young as 13
Teret has been found guilty at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court
Dec 05, 2014
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