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Questions of Cash: The Independent

Q.  I came to the end of a three year fixed price contract for electricity with EDF on 31 March.   I decided to transfer to Scottish Power, which was now cheaper.   I instructed Scottish Power to take over the account from 1 April 2010.  But EDF wrote on 18 March stating that the transfer was [...]

Work together or else

Northern Ireland’s public sector is going through a radical and rapid transformation. The 26 district councils are being abolished, replaced by seven “super councils” with more powers. Regional quangos administering health (it has four) and education (with five) are going, with the central administration taking on more oversight of public services. But the number of [...]