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18 Dec 03
Pharmaceutical companies must undergo a radical change in the way they choose, research and develop new drugs and treatments, the King's Fund said this week.
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11 Dec 03
Nearly twice as many families are living in bed-and-breakfast style accommodation than are shown by official statistics, according to Barnardo's.
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11 Dec 03
If the issue of foundation hospitals made 2003 a rough year for the government, top-up fees look likely to produce a repeat performance in 2004.
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11 Dec 03
Teaching unions have hit back at the chief inspector of schools after he blamed inadequate teaching for the lack of progress towards targets for literacy and numeracy among primary school children.
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4 Dec 03
Council chief executives this week criticised the government's proposed overhaul of child care across Britain, claiming it was 'too limited' and 'overly focused on local government structures'.
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27 Nov 03
Local authorities, refugee groups and social workers have condemned controversial plans put forward by the government in this year's Queen's Speech to take the children of failed asylum seekers into...
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27 Nov 03
The government will not impose a single capping threshold on local authorities whose council tax increases are deemed to be excessive, Public Finance has learned, but councils will be expected to...
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27 Nov 03
Public services viewed by Labour as key 'battlegrounds' in the run-up to the next election received 'below average' reviews in a strategy document released by the Prime Minister's office this week.
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27 Nov 03
Plans for the Audit Commission and National Audit Office to merge in Wales have been enthusiastically supported by the heads of the two watchdogs.
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20 Nov 03
Councils are winning their battle to reduce the use of bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless families.
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13 Nov 03
NHS Direct must expand its capacity if it is to meet demand from patients and achieve the targets set by the government, the Commission for Health Improvement said this week.
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30 Oct 03
A shadow was cast over plans to introduce a database for children this week after the British Medical Association said it would breach data protection law, while local authorities were also revealed...
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23 Oct 03
Town hall leaders fear the government is pressing ahead too quickly with its reforms to children's services, after Education Secretary Charles Clarke revealed he wanted a Bill in next month's Queen's...
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16 Oct 03
Social care is to get its own voice in Whitehall with the creation of a national director of social care, Health Secretary John Reid told social services chiefs this week.
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16 Oct 03
The government has rejected independent research commissioned by the National Union of Teachers suggesting that this year's schools' funding crisis has resulted in the loss of almost 9,000 teaching...
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18 Sep 03
The Liberal Democrats go into their conference at Brighton next week hoping for a boost from having either won or taken second place in the Brent East by-election, which was due to take place on 18...
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11 Sep 03
Health, education and local authorities gave the 'biggest shake-up in children's services in 30 years' a muted welcome this week as they questioned the government's commitment to providing adequate...
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11 Sep 03
A Conservative government would dismantle the 'command state' constructed by the Labour party and radically decentralise public services, according to a policy document setting out the party's reform...
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21 Aug 03
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21 Aug 03
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21 Aug 03
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7 Aug 03
Accusations that England's schools are not doing enough to promote foreign languages were countered by the government this week, with the publication of new figures showing that almost three-quarters...
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7 Aug 03
Ministers this week handed local authorities £37m to encourage popular schools to expand to try to prevent the annual parental scramble to enrol children at high-performing institutions.
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24 Jul 03
Councils will have to produce just eight major service plans by 2006 after ministers unveiled details of long-awaited cuts in the number of documents that must be submitted to Whitehall.
The...
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17 Jul 03
It would seem the Department for Education and Skills has learned its lesson.
The funding allocations for schools descended into confusion and mutual recrimination earlier this year, following the...
18 Dec 03Pharmaceutical companies must undergo a radical change in the way they choose, research and develop new drugs and treatments, the King's Fund said this week.
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