Author: By Craig Woodhouse
The Tories said the Prime Minister had repeatedly insisted that 300,000 firms have benefited from a scheme which allows them to delay payments to HM Revenue and Customs, when the real figure was actually 160,000.
Shadow Treasury chief secretary Philip Hammond has written to Mr Brown calling on him to set the [...]

Author: By Sarah Arnott
An OFT investigation launched after nearly 72,000 complaints to Consumer Direct last year concluded that the second-hand car market is “often not working well for consumers”, according to the report published yesterday.
The findings will come as little surprise to many. The vast majority of faults come to light within three months of [...]

Author: By Daisy Nguyen in Los Angeles
Helen Golay, 75, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 72, were arrested last week after they allegedly collected more than $2m (£1.1m) in life insurance from policies issued in the names of two homeless men killed in hit-and-run crashes in 1999 and 2005, authorities said.
Police not only believe the women were [...]

Author: By Margareta Pagano, Business Editor
But Mr Anstee is waiting until after the general election before starting his campaign to avoid the danger of the City being used by any of the parties as a political football following the public outcry over the banking bail-out and any more back-lash over bankers’ bonuses.
“The banking industry [...]

Author: By Alan Jones, PA

Unite and the airline clashed over the impact of the first two days of a
three-day walkout, giving wildly different statements about the numbers
supporting the action.

Chancellor Alistair Darling said the strike was “totally unnecessary” and
continued the government line that the two sides needed to resume talks.

Tony [...]