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Welfare bill to cost extra £1.4bn

Welfare benefits are set to cost about £1.4 billion more than previously expected over the next four years because of rising unemployment, according to...

Many workers 'are denied sick pay'

Public sector employers have been urged to give sick pay to all their workers after a new study found it was not being paid...

Care for amputee ex-troops reviewed

The Government has launched a review of how the NHS looks after former British service personnel who lost limbs serving their country.Armed Forces charities...

Retailers vow to soften VAT blow

Nervous retailers are promising to soften the blow of the VAT increase for consumers who are already preparing to slash their spending throughout 2011.Retailers...

VAT hike 'will drive down spending'

The 2.5% rise in VAT will drive down retail sales this year, analysts have predicted.As announced in the Chancellor's Emergency Budget earlier this year,...

Man charged over blowtorch attack

Attempted murder charges have been filed against a Puerto Rico man who police say burned his parents and seven other relatives with a blowtorch.Justino...

Snow forces drivers to abandon cars

The return of snow showers forced drivers to abandon their cars on an exposed road, the coastguard has said.Up to 400 motorists were forced...

Matt Cardle retains chart top spot

X Factor champion Matt Cardle has started the new year the way he ended 2010 - sitting pretty on top of the charts.He held...

Joanna killer 'still on the loose'

The killer of landscape architect Joanna Yeates remains on the loose and women in Bristol should not walk home alone after dark, police have...

Prison riot 'lessons to be learnt'

Prisons minister Crispin Blunt has promised that lessons will be learnt after rampaging inmates torched buildings in an "unprecedented" jailhouse riot.After examining the damage...

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