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Energy giants 'prey' on poor forced to use pre-pay meters

independent.co.uk     3 hrs ago          

By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent Energy companies are charging people on pre-payments up to £567 a year more than wealthier customers on internet tariffs, a government-funded consumer group has found....                    

Green taxes: another rural rip off

daelnet.co.uk     9 hrs ago          

The summer silly season on rural affairs was rudely shaken from its slumbers this week with an explosive report exposing the Government's so-called "green" taxes as a simple con to raise money to fill the Treasury's empty...                    

Today in Politics: Bring back Blair!

independent.co.uk     9 hrs ago          

By Andrew Grice Come back Blair, all is forgiven. That is the message in a new ComRes poll for The Independent. Tony Blair, it seems, is the only senior Labour figure who could transform the party's electoral prospects....                    

Snowmail: race and the law

channel4.com     9 hrs ago          

Last Modified: 05 Sep 2008 By: Jon Snow, Alex Thomson On tonight's show... Greetings all, a little blast from me to take you through to the weekend and it's stacking up like this tonight: Can't say too much, but we've a...                    

Harriet Harman struggles for positive notes as Labour fights economic gloom

timesonline.co.uk     5 hrs ago          

Harriet Harman is Yin to Gordon Brown's Yang. While the Labour leader quotes Gertrude Himmelfarb's philosophy on the Enlightenment, his deputy hands out recipes for her “foolproof” asparagus tart. He is a state-educated...                    

OUT THERE: Arrests in Cash-for-Corpse Murder Probe

foxnews.com     11 hrs ago   1 related          

‘Biggest Waste of Space Ever’ Months after the English national team was humiliated in the Euro Cup, the soccer squad has been dismissed by their own countrymen as “Biggest Waste of Space Ever.” A poll of 3,000 Britons,...                    

British homes hit double-digit declines

upi.com     7 hrs ago          

Published: Sept. 5, 2008 at 3:30 PM LONDON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Home values in Britain are tumbling at a rate of more than $175 a day with home prices falling 12.7 percent in the 12 months, Halifax bankers said. The average...                    

Families face more disruption as biggest teaching union threatens to ballot for rolling strikes...

dailymail.co.uk     9 hrs ago   8 related          

Families face widespread disruption this autumn after the biggest teaching union vowed to hold a ballot for rolling strikes. The National Union of Teachers will next month ask members to turn their one-day April walk-out...                    

The housing chief who earns £1,000 a day from the taxpayer

dailymail.co.uk     2 hrs ago          

A public sector housing boss has secured an earnings package worth almost £1,000 a day. John Belcher, whose organisation runs subsidised homes for the elderly, received taxpayer-funded salary and perks worth more than...                    

FTSE endures worst week for six years

breakingnews.ie     10 hrs ago   10 related          

The declines end a recent two-month revival for the Footsie and come amid deepening fears over the global economy, a falling pound and record slumps in house prices. Lower commodities prices have also hit the index as oil...