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More than 10% of the UK's workforce doubt they will be in their job in a year's time, the TUC says
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Business secretary John Hutton defends huge price hikes imposed by energy companies
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Treasury spokesman says struggling homeowners should be allowed to sell property and rent it back
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Situation unlikely to get better until availability of home loans improves and house prices stop falling
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Halifax carries out survey on university student finances and finds gender gap in debt
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A computer containing the customer details of around 1 million bank customers has been sold for £35
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