Search results for ‘Department of Health’
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Is Miliband right about benefit cuts to cancer patients?
Ed Miliband picked an emotive subject when he claimed the Welfare Bill would see 7,000 cancer patients lose almost £100 a week in benefits. “How can that be right?” he asked. FactCheck investigates.
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Driest spring on record triggers drought alert
As a state of drought is officially declared in some parts of England, one farmer tells Channel 4 News he has already had restrictions placed on him and that his crops are “desperate for rain”.
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Watchdog warns of ‘substantial’ university funding gap
Underestimating the number of universities charging the maximum £9,000 per year tuition fees could result in a substantial funding shortfall, a Government spending watchdog has warned.
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Protesters target banks in NHS demos
Activists angry about proposed cuts to the NHS protest outside high street banks across the country, occupying some and transforming them into pretend hospitals.
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FactCheck: Who benefits from 50% ‘discounted’ jail terms?
The claim “It is true that we are thinking of putting up the reduction to a half. It makes an enormous difference to costs, police time and the involvement of unnecessary preparations for trial if everybody leaves guilty pleas to the last possible moment.” Ken Clarke, Justice Secretary, House of Commons debate, May 17, 2011
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David Cameron and the Ken Clarke problem
What next for embattled Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, after his controversial comments on rape? Krishnan Guru-Murthy looks at what the Prime Minister might be thinking.
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Absent Clarke the talk of PMQs
The row over Ken Clarke’s controversial comments on rape engulfs PMQs where Labour leader Ed Miliband ambushes the PM with calls for the Justice Secretary to go, writes Peter McHugh.
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Disabled people protest against cuts
Around 8,000 disabled people have taken to the streets in London to protest against cuts to services and benefits. Channel 4 News hears why.
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NHS reforms: what do doctors think?
As the political battle over the NHS reforms heats up, with the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg threatening a veto, doctors on both sides of the debate tell Channel 4 News their experiences.
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NHS reform: ‘Yes, but this way will harm those who need it’
As Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg threatens to veto the NHS reforms, London GP Dr Jonathon Tomlinson argues that Ministers’ plans are not the right way forward for the health service.
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The Work Programme – still a work in progress
They’re on drink, on drugs and on benefits by the thousands, according to new figures. But how will the Government get Britain’s addicts back to work?
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Spads you like: Osborne’s Treasury advisers
Chancellor George Osborne is keen to promote progressive economic policies. But are such egalitarian impulses reflected in the backgrounds of his special advisers at the Treasury?
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Incapacity benefit paid to thousands for addictions
Incapacity benefit is paid to 81,000 people who are obese or have addictions according to the Government. One charity tells Channel 4 News the decision to release the data is “deeply unfortunate”.
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Millions take part in double bank holiday getaway
Friday will be the busiest day say AA, as sunshine, the royal wedding and easter see a predicted 18 million people take to the road. But the hot weather also brings a smog warning.
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Kings Fund report: ‘Ready ammunition for service closure’
“Services do not need to close; that always has been and remains a political decision,” writes health expert Professor Allyson Pollock for Channel 4 News.