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Hacking: We ‘would all end up in jail’ if payments traced
The phone hacking trial at the Old Bailey sees an email from former News of the World royal editor warning of the illegality of cash payments to his confidential sources.
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Wonga and other payday lenders defend practices
Representatives from Britain’s largest payday lending groups – Wonga, QuickQuid and Mr Lender quizzed by MPs, say that their affordability checks are similar to those used by credit card companies.
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Ministers want to stop NHS pay rises
The Department of Health says it wants to call a halt to NHS pay rises for all 1.3m staff across the UK, prompting anger from unions.
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Payday lending crackdown: ‘tougher’ regulation outlined
Payday lenders will be forced to carry out affordability checks, and will only be able to ‘rollover’ loans twice, under plans put forward by the financial regulator.
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Should foreign buyers of UK property pay extra tax?
In London about one third of property buyers are now from overseas. With demand for houses rising all the time, this is having a knock-on effect on prices across the UK, say campaigners.
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Thompson claims BBC misled MPs over payoffs
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson accuses the BBC Trust of misleading MPs on the public accounts committee over what it knew about executives’ payoffs, the BBC reports.
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Where’s Wonga? Yorkshire councils block payday lenders
Six Yorkshire councils are blocking the websites of all payday lending companies on council-run computers, in what they say is the biggest initiative in the country to take on the industry.
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Low pay Britain: one in five Brits earning below living wage
Despite some sectors embracing the so called living wage to tackle poverty in the UK, Channel 4 News finds that some workers are still being left behind.
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Glaxo says China executives appear to have broken law
Scandal hits British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, as it reveals that executives face “shameful allegations” of bribing doctors in China.
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Summit puts payday loans in the spotlight
Payday loan companies face a ban on advertising if they fail to reform, warns the new financial regulator, at a summit about the £2bn industry. But Channel 4 News hears an ad ban is not enough.
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OFT sends payday lenders to regulator for investigation
The £2bn payday loans industry is referred for a full-blown investigation by the competition commission over concerns that firms benefit hugely from loans that borrowers can’t pay back on time.
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Starbucks pays UK corporation tax for first time since 2009
Coffee shop chain Starbucks pays £5m in corporation tax – its first such payment since 2009, the company confirms.
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Osborne tells Miliband ‘pay avoided tax’ on Labour donation
George Osborne has called on Ed Miliband to pay up to £1.5m to the Treasury after Labour was accused of helping a millionaire businessman avoid paying tax on a major donation.
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Payday loan regulator ‘lacks power’ to tackle predators
The Office of Fair Trading admits it “lacks regulatory powers” as it is slammed by MPs for failing to protect consumers from “predatory” lenders.
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Payday loans companies ‘out of control’ – report
Payday loan companies lent money at soaring interest rates to people with mental health issues, the under-18s, and customers who were drunk when they took out the loan, a debt advice charity reveals.