Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today made proposals to help ensure tenancy cheats who deny social homes to families in need will face justice
The Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, today announced a series of steps to respond to recent concerns regarding French Poly Implant Prostheses (PiP) implants
Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said in response to research by consumer group Which? showing the six major energy suppliers received over four million complaints in 2011
Four million complaints were received last year by the ‘big six’ energy companies – British Gas, EDF Energy, Eon, Npower, SSE and Scottish Power - and tens of thousands were still unresolved after eight weeks, according to a new Which? investigation
Chris Bryant MP, Labour's Shadow Immigration Minister, commenting on the NIESR and MAC reports on immigration yesterday, said
Many hospitals are spending as little as £2.57 on meals for patients, according to new figures released by the NHS Information Centre
Council tenants who sub-let their homes will face up to two years in prison under proposals by the government
For the first time, NIESR researchers use National Insurance registrations by foreign nationals to analyse the impact of immigration on the UK labour market. Results indicate that - even during the recent recession - increased immigration was not associated with increases in claims for Jobseekers Allowance
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is warning taxpayers not to fall victim to ‘phishing’ emails sent out by fraudsters in the run-up to the self-assessment deadline of 31 January
The government’s decision to plough ahead with its High Speed rail plans is set to be a £32bn disaster. A recently-released report by the Institute of Economic Affairs found that
The NHS Future Forum has given its second set of reports to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in which it sets out a series of recommendations to improve the quality of patient care and achieve better outcomes
The British Chambers of Commerce’s new Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) released today (Tuesday) shows concerning results for Q4 2011, and points to a period of stagnation in early 2012
The government’s latest proposals to cut local government pensions were rejected by Unite, Britain's biggest union, today (Monday, 9 January)
The country’s first ever National Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre of Excellence will be developed after £30 million funding was announced today by the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley
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