Budget cuts will mean fewer police

Due to the budget cuts that have been made by the new government current police numbers are not “sustainable” according to the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers Sir Hugh Orde. Later today Sir Hugh orde is expected to tell a conference it is “misleading in the extreme” to claim otherwise.
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Public Sector Pensions Cut

David Cameron has admitted that the pensions of existing public-sector workers will be cut. With this news it is likely that employees are expected to pay more towards their pensions and get less on retirement than they expected.
The prime minister and Nick Clegg said that they wanted to start by limiting the pensions [...]

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Construction Job Threat

Government spending cuts could lead to thousands of construction job losses and longer housing waiting lists, a campaign group has warned.
It is believed that The National Housing Federation said the housing budget could be cut by up to 32% over four years. This is bad news for constructuion jobs in general and [...]

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Findings of Nurse Killings Due

The findings of an investigation that started when a hospital nurse was charged with killing three of her patients is due to be published today. Anne Grigg-Booth was charged with murdering three women aged 67, 75 and 97 in Keighley, West Yorkshire. She was accused of injecting patients with high doses of painkilling drugs.
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Man Banned from the NHS

A homeless man who became an “expert” at faking illnesses so he could stay in hospital has been handed a criminal Asbo. Christopher Dearlove is alleged to have used more than 70 aliases to trick NHS staff into admitting him to hospital. A judge at Bolton crown court has now banned him from [...]

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