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Health and austerity: When budget cuts cost lives |
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Monday, 05 July 2010 |
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European leaders slicing away at national budgets are keen to persuade voters that healthcare is sacrosanct, but they will struggle to escape the truth that cutting spending elsewhere also eventually costs lives.
If a government's first priority is to protect the lives of its people, then ringfencing health spending while cutting other budgets and trying to drive down the cost of medicines -- policies being pursued in Europe -- seem sensible options.
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Britain to vote on electoral reform in May |
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Written by Reuters
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Saturday, 03 July 2010 |
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Britain will hold a referendum in May on its biggest electoral reform in decades in a vote that will test its coalition administration, a government source said on Friday.
Voting reform was one of the biggest stumbling blocks in creating Britain's first coalition government in 65 years after an inconclusive election in May ended 13 years of Labour rule.
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Gift Aid gives £1bn boost for charities |
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Written by BBC
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Saturday, 03 July 2010 |
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Charities have reclaimed more than £1bn in a year in Gift Aid from the taxman for the first time, figures show.
There was £1.007bn reclaimed in 2009-10 by charities as a result of people agreeing to give Gift Aid, provisional figures from HM Revenue and Customs show.
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King may be losing inflation debate on MPC |
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Saturday, 03 July 2010 |
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Mervyn King may have gained sweeping new regulatory powers last month but the Bank of England Governor appears to have lost the centre of gravity on his own monetary policy committee. |
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Pensioners 'see higher cost rise' |
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Written by BBC Online
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Saturday, 05 July 2008 |
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The cost of living for pensioners has outstripped inflation over the past 10 years, a study suggests. Pensioners have seen the cost of the goods and services they use rise by 36% in the past decade, said life insurer Clerical Medical. |
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Rich Britons retiring abroad are 'cheating' UK taxpayer of millions |
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Written by Guardian
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
Some wealthy Britons are exploiting a tax loophole that allows them to retire abroad with their UK pension savings and live tax-free. Within a few years the loophole could cost the exchequer hundreds of millions of pounds as increasing numbers of retirees with large pension pots escape paying UK tax rates on their pension income. |
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