Mortgage lending increases slightly

3:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Mortgage lending increased slightly during July but remained well down on the level recorded a year ago, figures showed.

Council workers strike over pay row

3:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Thousands of council workers in Scotland are taking part in a one-day strike, causing disruption to schools, rubbish collections and ferry services.

Paedophiles face tighter controls

3:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Measures to tighten controls on the movements of paedophiles have been announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.

Bank committee split over rate rise

3:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

An interest rate increase was ruled out this month because of the risk that it might make the economic downturn "unnecessarily deep", the Bank of England revealed.

Pensioners may lose backdated cash

3:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Thousands of pensioners could miss out on hundreds of pounds worth of backdated benefits as a result of rule changes that come into force later this year.

Glitter refuses to board UK flight

3:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Paedophile rock star Gary Glitter was in limbo after he failed to board a second flight to the UK following his release from a Vietnamese prison.

Lords urge VAT reform

3:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

VAT rates should be reformed to make sustainable consumer goods "more economically attractive" as part of a bid to end the UK's throwaway culture, a Lords committee has suggested.

Tory pledge to build fairer society

3:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

The Tories are now the right party to create a fairer society because the Government has failed to raise the incomes, aspirations and opportunities of Britain's poorest people, George Osborne said.

Sale of three BAA airports proposed

3:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Heavily-criticised airport company BAA will almost certainly have to sell three of its seven UK airports following a damning report by the Competition Commission (CC).

Former Labour MP Abse dies aged 91

3:10pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Gay rights champion Leo Abse has died at the age of 91, a family friend said.

Former Labour MP Abse dies aged 91

Updated 1:29pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

Gay rights champion Leo Abse has died at the age of 91, a family friend said.

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