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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Target cash for apprenticeships 'in areas with biggest returns'

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2012

The Government would get better value for money from adult apprenticeships if funding was targete...

WHITEHALL

MPs may recall officers over spending 'failures'

By Mark Conrad | 01 February 2012

The chair of the Commons'public accounts committee warns she will not hesitate to recall Whitehal...

HEALTH

Welsh Bill will allow more freedom to pay for care

01 February 2012

Welsh government ministers publish their proposed Social Services Bill, promising to give people ...

Pickles 'wants to be told about charity fund cuts'

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 February 2012

Communities secretary, Eric Pickles, urged charities to tell him if councils continued to make ma...

Coalition pension plan 'will fail to deliver long-term savings'

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2012

Government negotiations with trade unions over public pension reforms will fail to deliver the lo...

MPs propose CTB amendments

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2012

Opposition to coalition plans for the localisation of council tax benefit has been expressed in a...

Stunell launches 'carbon zero' homes plan

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2012

Changes to the country's building regulations,announced by Andrew Stunell could ensure all new ho...

HEALTH

Experts back move to check patients for signs of neglect

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 February 2012

A campaign to check elderly patients for possible signs of neglect on admission to hospital has b...

Minister in fresh clash with doctors over NHS reforms

31 January 2012

Health minister, Andrew Lansley, has once again clashed with doctors over the Government's contro...

1m carers 'missing out' on vital handouts

31 January 2012

Research by Macmillan Cancer Support has revealed that more than one million carers are missing o...