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FINANCE

N Ireland and London 'will bear brunt' of benefits cuts

15 December 2010

People living in Northern Ireland will be some of the hardest hit in Britain by the coming benefi...

WHITEHALL

Criminals caught out

15 December 2010

Brent LBC has secured six separate convictions against residents who had claimed benefits illegal...

WHITEHALL

Booking far ahead

15 December 2010

Staffordshire CC has vowed to safeguard its library services from the impact of the public sector...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

This has no Future

15 December 2010

Ashford BC has agreed to wind down the Ashford Future Company, which was originally set up to hel...

Knowsley's on the up

15 December 2010

Auditors have rated Knowsley MBC’s strategic housing services as fair, with ‘promising’ prospects...

East is electrifying

15 December 2010

The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has secured up to £2.9m of funding to set up an ele...

HEALTH

Lansley defends plans to let GPs handle cash

15 December 2010

The health secretary has hit back at critics of his plans to hand Whitehall cash to GPs..

HEALTH

MPs fears over 'huge ask'

15 December 2010

Health spending plans presume efficiency savings on a scale never seen before and are a ‘huge ask...

HEALTH

Unitary drives social care choice

15 December 2010

Modernising social care will include a drive to increase choice for one council. Cheshire West an...

FINANCE

Inflation 'will wipe out' budget gains

15 December 2010

Gains to the NHS budget look set to be wiped out by inflation, according to the country’s top hea...