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NHS purchasing system 'is wasteful'

Hospitals are wasting around £500 million a year due to wide variations in how they buy basic items, research has suggested.Some trusts are paying...

25% consumers have 'no spare cash'

More than a quarter of people claim they have "no spare cash" as pressures on personal budgets mount, a consumer survey has found.The proportion...

MPs defeat EU membership poll bid

A bid by eurosceptic MPs to give the British people the right to have an in/out referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union...

TUC plans huge anti-cuts protest

A demonstration against the Government's spending cuts is set to be the biggest union event in decades, the TUC has predicted.The union organisation has...

Sports retailer in takeover talks

Struggling retailer JJB Sports has confirmed it was in takeover talks with high street rival JD Sports Fashion.Reports have suggested that an approach about...

Egypt's president vows to step down

The Egyptian president has announced he will step down later this year and promised to work towards a peaceful transition.Amid intense domestic and international...

Dow Jones tops 12,000 landmark

The Dow Jones industrial average has closed above 12,000 for the first time in two-and-a-half years - yet another sign that the economy is...

'Jihad Jane' admits terror bid role

An American woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" online has pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to her role in a plot to kill a Swedish...

Plea over WikiLeaks jail 'Briton'

The Government has been called upon to intervene in the case of a soldier held in a US jail on suspicion of passing state...

Mubarak will not seek re-election

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said he will not run for a new term in office in September elections and will work during the...

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