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Bank levy news hits Lloyds and other banks but FTSE 100 little changed by autumn statement

 

Banks lead fallers after George Osborne raises bank levy from January

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James Murdoch survives bid to oust him from BSkyB board

 

James Murdoch reappointed as BSkyB chairman, despite a third of independent shareholders voting against him

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Elderly home care failures breach human rights, report finds

 

Equality and Human Rights Commission says elderly people face unchecked ‘ageism’ from council-funded home care

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Leveson inquiry: JK Rowling and Sienna Miller give evidence

 

• JK Rowling: I was driven out of my home by press
• A journalist slipped a note inside her daughter’s schoolbag.
• Taken over 50 actions against press
• The Harry Potter author chased paparazzi a week after giving birth
• Fears photographs of her children are still on the internet.
• Sienna Miller: I was verbally abused and spat at by paparazzi
• Horribly, I accused my friends and family of leaking stories
• Max Mosley: News International was out to ‘destroy’ me
• Mosley taking legal action in 22 countries and suing Google
• Mosley: non-harmful sexual activities are nobody’s business
• Piers Morgan to give evidence to inquiry

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Mortgage guarantee scheme concerns lenders

 

Banks and building societies say they were coerced into agreeing to the government’s mortgage scheme, which has been rushed through with too little thought

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X Factor judge Tulisa could be banned from making her signature arm gesture

 

Ofcom launches investigation into whether N-Dubz star is illegally promoting her perfume with her tattoo

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Virgin Money buys Northern Rock for £747m

 

Virgin Money has agreed to buy the ‘good’ part of Northern Rock from the Treasury – for around half of what the taxpayer injected into the bank when it split last year

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Passengers forced to fork out £20,000 to fly home

 

British travellers on Austrian airline claim they were held to ransom in Vienna

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