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Pensioners 'see higher cost rise' |
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Written by BBC Online
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Saturday, 05 July 2008 |
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The cost of living for pensioners has outstripped inflation over the past 10 years, a study suggests. Pensioners have seen the cost of the goods and services they use rise by 36% in the past decade, said life insurer Clerical Medical. |
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Rich Britons retiring abroad are 'cheating' UK taxpayer of millions |
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Written by Guardian
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
Some wealthy Britons are exploiting a tax loophole that allows them to retire abroad with their UK pension savings and live tax-free. Within a few years the loophole could cost the exchequer hundreds of millions of pounds as increasing numbers of retirees with large pension pots escape paying UK tax rates on their pension income.
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Polyclinics 'may not boost care' |
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Written by BBC Online
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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"Super-surgeries" housing GPs and other specialists under one roof may not result in better services for patients, a leading health think tank has said. Ministers want 150 new "polyclinics" in England, offering GP appointments as well as treatments and tests normally available only in hospital.
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MPs call for BAA to be broken up |
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Written by BBC Online
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Saturday, 15 March 2008 |
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A committee of MPs has called for the break-up of airport operator BAA, saying that its dominance has proved stifling for competition. |
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Loss of Antarctic ice has soared by 75 per cent in just 10 years |
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Written by Independent
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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Parts of the ice sheets covering Antarctica are melting faster than predicted, with the net loss of ice probably accelerating in recent years because of global warming, a study has found. A satellite survey between 1996 and 2006 found that the net loss of ice from Antarctica rose by about 75 per cent as the movement of glaciers towards the sea speeded up. |
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Women still hampered by workplace inequality |
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Written by Reuters
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Thursday, 06 December 2007 |
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Women are still the victims of persistent gender inequality in the workplace, with very little change in their working conditions in Britain for almost two decades, according to a landmark report on Thursday. |
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