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14/08/2012
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Diabetes Cases Top 40m
The number of prescriptions for treating diabetes in England has topped 40 million, new figures show.
This is a 50% rise in six years and a 6.1% (2.3m) rise on the number of items prescribed in 2010-11, data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre reveals.
In England, 2.5m people have been diagnosed with diabetes and the number is expected to reach 4.2m by 2025.
Health officials are warning of the financial impact on the NHS.
Disability Rights Pioneer Lord Morris Dies Aged 84
Disability rights pioneer and Labour peer Lord Morris of Manchester has died at the age of 84.
As Alf Morris, he was MP for Manchester Wythenshawe from 1964 to 1997 and became the UK's first minister for the disabled in 1974.
His work led to the first disability rights legislation, 1970's Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said he was deeply saddened and described the peer as "a Labour man through and through."
Lib Dems To Debate Lords U-Turn
Liberal Democrats are being given an opportunity to have their say on the coalition's U-turn on an elected House of Lords at their party conference.
Activists will be asked next month to vote on a motion describing the Lords as a democratic "outrage" and a "stain" on Britain's ability to "preach the values of open government" elsewhere.
Plans for electing members were dropped amid opposition from Conservative MPs.
The number of prescriptions for treating diabetes in England has topped 40 million, new figures show.
This is a 50% rise in six years and a 6.1% (2.3m) rise on the number of items prescribed in 2010-11, data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre reveals.
In England, 2.5m people have been diagnosed with diabetes and the number is expected to reach 4.2m by 2025.
Health officials are warning of the financial impact on the NHS.
Disability Rights Pioneer Lord Morris Dies Aged 84
Disability rights pioneer and Labour peer Lord Morris of Manchester has died at the age of 84.
As Alf Morris, he was MP for Manchester Wythenshawe from 1964 to 1997 and became the UK's first minister for the disabled in 1974.
His work led to the first disability rights legislation, 1970's Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said he was deeply saddened and described the peer as "a Labour man through and through."
Lib Dems To Debate Lords U-Turn
Liberal Democrats are being given an opportunity to have their say on the coalition's U-turn on an elected House of Lords at their party conference.
Activists will be asked next month to vote on a motion describing the Lords as a democratic "outrage" and a "stain" on Britain's ability to "preach the values of open government" elsewhere.
Plans for electing members were dropped amid opposition from Conservative MPs.
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Britain celebrates Trafalgar bicentenary
Britain is marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar with a series of events across the country. More than 6,000 events are planned to take place throughout the UK over the weekend, to mark the Royal Navy victory over the combined Spanish and France fleets on October 21, 1805.
14 May 2013
Controversial Labour Peer Resigns Ahead Of Hearing
Controversial Labour peer Lord Ahmed has resigned from the party. Lord Ahmed had been suspended from the party and was being investigated following allegations that he had blamed a jail term for dangerous driving on a Jewish conspiracy.
Controversial Labour Peer Resigns Ahead Of Hearing
Controversial Labour peer Lord Ahmed has resigned from the party. Lord Ahmed had been suspended from the party and was being investigated following allegations that he had blamed a jail term for dangerous driving on a Jewish conspiracy.
26 April 2006
Lord Kinnock receives driving ban
Lord Kinnock has been banned from driving for six months. The former Labour leader had admitted to two speeding offences on the M4 motorway last year. The 64-year-old was caught breaking a temporary 40mph speed limit last June, when he was caught driving at 47mph. He was caught again in November, travelling at 60mph in a 50mph zone.
Lord Kinnock receives driving ban
Lord Kinnock has been banned from driving for six months. The former Labour leader had admitted to two speeding offences on the M4 motorway last year. The 64-year-old was caught breaking a temporary 40mph speed limit last June, when he was caught driving at 47mph. He was caught again in November, travelling at 60mph in a 50mph zone.
09 March 2010
Labour Lord To 'Give Up' Non-Dom Status
Lord Paul - a top Labour donor - will renounce his non domicile tax status in April, he said today. The peer said his 'non-dom' UK residency will end in the new tax year. The move follows revelations over billionaire Tory deputy chair Lord Ashcroft.
Labour Lord To 'Give Up' Non-Dom Status
Lord Paul - a top Labour donor - will renounce his non domicile tax status in April, he said today. The peer said his 'non-dom' UK residency will end in the new tax year. The move follows revelations over billionaire Tory deputy chair Lord Ashcroft.
03 November 2014
Lord Barnett Dies Aged 91
Former Labour Cabinet Minister, Lord Barnett, has died, aged 91. He was the Treasury Chief Secretary in the 1970s, who devised the Barnett formula, a system which allocated public spending to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The formula still remains in place today.
Lord Barnett Dies Aged 91
Former Labour Cabinet Minister, Lord Barnett, has died, aged 91. He was the Treasury Chief Secretary in the 1970s, who devised the Barnett formula, a system which allocated public spending to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The formula still remains in place today.
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