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University graduates are enjoying excellent job prospects with many firms looking to increase their intake this year, according to a report by Incomes Data Services (IDS).
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Fuel poverty is set to increase dramatically in Britain in 2006 and could force an extra 250,000 households into hardship.
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Around half of all households in the UK employ some sort of domestic help, research from insurer Direct Line has shown, and the annual bill is £4.5bn or £182 for every home.
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The housing market made a “strong start” in 2006, according to Nationwide, with prices rising 1.4% in January.
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Fraud cases totalling nearly £1bn – a 10-year high – have reached the courts, according to a study by accountant KPMG. Its Fraud Barometer recorded 222 cases involving £942m going to court in 2005, up from 172 cases worth £329m in 2004.
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The amount of money lost by the Government through benefit fraud and error declined in 2004-05, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.
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Mortgage lending has shown its usual end-of-year slackening, according to figures from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA).
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Chelsea Football Club has recorded the biggest loss ever seen in British football, £140m for the year 2004-5, an increase from the £88m deficit of the year before.