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Treasury must reinvest up to £1bn of potential savings from the next state pension age rise to help people adversely affected, says think tank Phoenix Insights

Longevity think tank Phoenix Insights, part of Phoenix Group, is today calling for the Government to reinvest up to £1billion of the potential savings that will come about if it raises the state pension age again, to support those most negatively impacted by a rise. The last rise in state pension age did not simply… Read more »

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Ensure GMC standards reflect realities of medical practice, MDU urges

Changes to the GMC’s core guidance for doctors could lead to more regulatory investigations, the MDU warned today. The GMC is currently consulting on a new version of Good Medical Practice including widening the scope of the standards against which all doctors will be judged. Setting these standards is a key function of the GMC. By clearly… Read more »

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Jack Straw said accountancy isn't his "strongest suit"
Weakness in depth: Cabinet ministers follow suit

By politics.co.uk staff Anger over today’s MP expenses furore is extending beyond No 10 to the entire Cabinet, with Jack Straw, Alistair Darling and David Miliband under particular scrutiny. After it became apparent MPs would have to publish their expenses Mr Straw confessed he had claimed back the full amount for council tax for four… Read more »

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Disaster for Labour as Cabinet expenses published
House of Commons asks police to investigate expenses leak

By Ian Dunt The police have been asked to investigate the leaking of Cabinet expenses, which appeared in the Daily Telegraph today. The Met released a statement this afternoon confirming they had received a request from the House of Commons “to investigate the alleged unauthorised disclosure of information relating to members’ allowances”. The statement continued:… Read more »