Lib Dems Against the NHS Bill: Emergency motion
Lib Dem critics of the Health and Social Care Bill have tabled an emergency motion that they hope will be debated and passed at their party’s spring conference.
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Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates tells teenagers in London he hopes to reach his ultimate goal – making sure all children are protected from life-threatening diseases – within 30 years.
Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates turned from cut-throat capitalist to philanthropist when he decided to devote himself to his charitable foundation.
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Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint defends Labour’s energy pledge and tells Channel 4 News companies aren’t cutting bills when wholesale prices fall. But companies condemn the policy.
Lib Dem critics of the Health and Social Care Bill have tabled an emergency motion that they hope will be debated and passed at their party’s spring conference.
Microsoft boss Bill Gates pledges a multi-million pound donation to the Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and malaria – but his philanthropy means far more than just immediate cash.
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Nicolas Sarkozy says Bill Gates’ proposal of a ‘Robin Hood’ tax on financial transactions is “technically possible”, during the meeting of G20 leaders in Cannes.
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Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the richest person in the world for the second year in a row, with Russia and China boosting the ranks of the super-wealthy. Channel 4 News maps the billionaire boom.
The Forbes world’s billionaires list is out. And let us shed a tear for the haemorrhage in the amount of money they between them control, from $4.4bn to $2.4bn. This list immediately raises the question of what they do, and what they do for us. You see the Gateses and others in it and immediately…