Search results for ‘Department of Health’
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Councils face 8.9 per cent funding cuts
No council will see a budget cut of more than 8.9 per cent, Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announces – and writes for Channel 4 News of the “sea change” in local government.
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Councils face 8.9 per cent funding cuts
No council will see a budget cut of more than 8.9 per cent, Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announces – and writes for Channel 4 News of the “sea change” in local government.
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NHS funding: is the government breaking its promise?
Labour accuses the government of breaking its promise to increase spending on the health service in real terms. Are they right?
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Ireland budget: a rhetorical exercise?
The spending cuts in Ireland outlined by Finance Minister Brian Lenihan were “not a normal budget, but the environment in which it was delivered is not normal”, writes economist Dr Peter Stafford.
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Prison reform tackles youth reoffenders
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke pledges to end the rise in prison numbers by tackling criminals who reoffend, as he is accused of a U-turn after scrapping a key Tory election pledge.
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When does ‘severe disruption’ become a crisis?
The claim “The list of problems that the Hon. Lady read out are overwhelmingly related to the difficulties in the transport system.” Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond, House of Commons, 2 December 2010 Cathy Newman checks it out Labour dragged Philip Hammond to the Commons today to explain why much of the eastern part of Britain…
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Stem cell brain implant world’s first for Glasgow
Stem cells are injected into the brain of a stroke victim in a world-first experiment, carried out at the University of Glasgow.
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Irish Premier: we have not asked EU for financial help
The Taoiseach Brian Cowen has again denied that he has asked the EU for help to solve the Irish financial crisis. But Faisal Islam says the pressure is still on Dublin to accept support.
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Government outlines proposed cuts to legal aid
The Government has unveiled plans to cut £350million a year from the legal aid budget – including making people with over £1,000 in assets contribute to their legal costs, as Simon Israel discovers.
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New welfare sanctions unveiled
Channel 4 News looks at the sanctions regime for benefit claimants introduced by Iain Duncan Smith in his Welfare White Paper.
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Haiti cholera: hospitals running out of space
Hospitals are running out of space to treat patients as the cholera epidemic in Haiti spreads. A doctor tells Channel 4 News about fighting the disease on the front line in Port-au-Prince.
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NHS figures predict dementia timebomb
Exclusive: A comprehensive NHS review finds dementia cases are expected to rise by 72 per cent over the next 20 years, posing a serious burden for future care services, writes Victoria Macdonald.
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Exclusive: council spending revealed ahead of cuts
Councils spend millions on sick days, redundancy payouts, and incentives to get staff to come to work including fruit baskets and M&S vouchers, a Channel 4 News investigation discovers.
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Haiti cholera death toll tops 250
More than 250 people have been killed in an outbreak of cholera which hit the Haitian capital at the weekend, but the government says a multinational response has slowed the epidemic.
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FactCheck: prospects for adult social care
FactCheck analyses the Government’s pledge to spend £2bn more on adult social care.