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Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
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The government's welfare bill has passed a House of Commons vote after another major concession to Labour rebels.
Government Offers Major Eleventh Hour Concession On Welfare Reforms
Health
Government Offers Major Eleventh Hour Concession On Welfare Reforms
No Reason Why Lords Can't Vote On 'Terrible' Assisted Dying Bill, Says Tory Peer
Health
No Reason Why Lords Can't Vote On "Terrible" Assisted Dying Bill, Says Tory Peer
Labour Must Deliver On NHS and Cost Of Living To Have Chance Of Retaining Power, Says Leading Pollster
Health
Labour Must Deliver On NHS and Cost Of Living To Have Chance Of Retaining Power, Says Leading Pollster
MPs Vote To Allow Assisted Dying Bill To Proceed
Health
MPs Vote To Allow Assisted Dying Bill To Proceed
Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
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Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
Labour Whip Quits In First Frontbench Resignation Over Welfare Reforms
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Labour Whip Quits In First Frontbench Resignation Over Welfare Reforms
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The assisted dying bill isn't safe for disabled people – that's why I will fight it in the Lords
Health
By Baroness Grey-Thompson
The assisted dying bill isn't safe for disabled people – that's why I will fight it in the Lords
I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015
Health
By Emma Lewell MP
I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015
Trialling puberty blockers for under-18s puts young people at risk – it should not go ahead
Health
By Rebecca Paul MP
Trialling puberty blockers for under-18s puts young people at risk – it should not go ahead
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Former Foreign Secretary Says UK Public Needs A “Philosophical Reset” On Defence
Former Foreign Secretary Says UK Public Needs A “Philosophical Reset” On Defence
Defence
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025 ##sash##
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How No 10 Sleepwalked Into A Welfare Crisis
How No 10 Sleepwalked Into A Welfare Crisis
Political parties
I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015
I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015
By Emma Lewell MP
Health
Recipes for disaster: Gordon Brown’s sushi
Recipes for disaster: Gordon Brown’s sushi
By Robert Hutton
Political parties
My Catholic priest tried to coerce my assisted dying vote
My Catholic priest tried to coerce my assisted dying vote
By Chris Coghlan MP
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The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
Health
The Secret Social Worker: 'It Feels Relentless And The Gaps Are Just Too Big For Us To Fill'
A mental health social worker takes us through a typical day in the job, from disappointing patients to dealing with abuse and threats
How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP
Health
By Miriam Cates
How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP
Resolving the modern care dilemma means putting family at the heart of the economy, writes Miriam Cates. But the challenges to implementing this conservative plan for care come from all sides – including the ‘ultra-online right’
Stephen Kinnock: 'I have a really personal understanding of what people are going through'
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Stephen Kinnock: 'I have a really personal understanding of what people are going through'
Stephen Kinnock is responsible for tackling one of the biggest challenges the government faces: social care. The health minister talks to Sienna Rodgers about charging reforms, professionalising the workforce and his family’s experiences with care
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Learning from Victorian London to solve the global sanitation crisis Partner content
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By WaterAid
Learning from Victorian London to solve the global sanitation crisis
Sir William Cash MP, Chairman of the APPG on Sanitation and Water in the Third World, writes on the important history of the UK’s sewerage system and what it can teach us about creating a healthy, prosperous world.
Sugar tax? Health economics demands ALL unhealthy foods be VATable Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Sugar tax? Health economics demands ALL unhealthy foods be VATable
The British Association for AppliedNutrition and Nutritional Therapy says a tax on all unhealthy food would disincentives consumption and 'providetax receipts towards health care expenditure'.
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By Bloodwise
A response to the latest cancer statistics for England
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the latest Cancer Registration Statistics on patients diagnosed with cancer in England in 2013.
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Health
By Medical Defence Union
VIDEO: How to make compensation for injured patients fair
Dr Christine Tomkins, chief executive of the MDU discusses the campaign to make compensation for injured patients fair.
Seeing clearly: Charity warns of ‘overwhelming’ increase in blindness Partner content
Health
By Macular Society
Seeing clearly: Charity warns of ‘overwhelming’ increase in blindness
The Chief Executive of the Macular Society, Cathy Yelf, describes the personal, social and financial costs of macular degeneration  
Red Cross warns of ‘statutory confusion’ over short-term wheelchair access Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Red Cross warns of ‘statutory confusion’ over short-term wheelchair access
On Monday the British Red Cross launched a new report analysing the need for short-term wheelchair loans in England, at an event in parliament. 
Reducing the Benefit Cap undermines Osbornes' pledge to protect vital benefits Partner content
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By Carers Trust
Reducing the Benefit Cap undermines Osbornes' pledge to protect vital benefits
In response to the Chancellor's announcements in the Budget, Gail Scott-Spicer, Chief Executive of Carers Trust, said:
Partner content
Health
By Save the Children
New Supporter Promise launched as impact reaches record high
Save the Children has today unveiled new safeguards to ensure its supporters have greater control over how they give to the charity and are not aggressively targeted
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Health
By Home-Start
Protect spending on family support, chancellor urged
Leading family support charity, Home-Start UK, has urged George Osborne to protect spending on family support and early intervention when he gives his budget on Wednesday 8 July.
Providing protective care to people unable to consent to treatment Partner content
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By Law Commission
Providing protective care to people unable to consent to treatment
In a consultation opening today the Law Commission considers the existing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).
Budget 2015: Life costs more if you are disabled Partner content
Health
By Scope
Budget 2015: Life costs more if you are disabled
Disability charity, Scope, details what it expects, fears, and hopes for tomorrow's emergency budget. 
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Health
By Medical Defence Union
Dento-legal climate worsening says DDU
Dental professionals are facing a deluge of complaints and claims due to rising patient expectations and shortcomings with the current regulatory and legal structure, said the Dental Defence Union (DDU) today.
Budget 2015: NHS budget 'will soon run into new difficulties' if preventative care is not protected Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
Budget 2015: NHS budget 'will soon run into new difficulties' if preventative care is not protected
With 400,000 fewer people with care needs getting basic help, Independent Age calls for George Osborne to address the emergency situation of care in the UK. 
Child poverty is being erased from the political agenda
Health
By Baroness Lister
Child poverty is being erased from the political agenda
Baroness Lister challenges the Government’s position that 'work is the best route out of poverty', saying child poverty within working families is on the rise
‘Shocking’: Over a million older people struggle to cope with zero care Partner content
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By Age UK
‘Shocking’: Over a million older people struggle to cope with zero care
A new Age UK survey has revealed older people are being left stranded, struggling to carry out essential activities of daily life.
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By Carers Trust
Carers of people with dementia are 'unprepared and uninformed'
Carers Trust welcomes the Alzheimers Society GP survey which highlights the reliance on unpaid carers for the lions share of support for people with dementia
Baroness Greengross OBE –NHS failing to meet demand for short-term wheelchair loans Partner content
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By British Red Cross
Baroness Greengross OBE –NHS failing to meet demand for short-term wheelchair loans
Baroness Greengross writes on a new report by the British Red Cross which reveals that in most parts of England, neither the NHS nor your local authority will provide you with a short-term wheelchair
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By Macular Society
Charity announces new awareness week for macular conditions
The Macular Society has announced the launch of its first ever awareness week, which will help to raise the profile of one of the biggest causes of sight loss in the developed world.
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By Bloodwise
New drug available to Hodgkin lymphoma patients in Wales
Brentuximab vedotin, a promising new monoclonal antibody treatment, has been approved for use on the NHS in Wales for certain patients with Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Health
By Scope
Reducing benefits will only make life harder for disabled people
In response to the plans to reduce Employment Support Allowance, lead charity Scope says reducing disabled people's incomes wontincentivisethem to find a job
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By Age UK
Age UK responds to Jeremy Hunt's call to end loneliness of the elderly
In response to todays speech by Health Secretary on social responsibility,Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director for Age UK, said:
'Wrong' - Save the Children responds to Gov't decision to scrap child poverty targets Partner content
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By Save the Children
'Wrong' - Save the Children responds to Gov't decision to scrap child poverty targets
Leading charity, Save the Children, responded to the Government's decision to bring forward legislation to remove the existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act, as well as the other duties and provisions.
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Health
By Carers Trust
Carers Trust responds to Health Secretary's new carers' strategy
Responding to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunts announcement of a new carers strategy, Gail Scott-Spicer, chief executive of Carers Trust, said:
British law should neither encourage or assist anyone’s suicide
Health
By Lord Carlile
British law should neither encourage or assist anyone’s suicide
Writing on Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill, Lord Carlile of Berriew says Parliament cannot decide whether it is safe to change the law unless it has approved a safeguarding system. 
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