by Chris Rogers | 3 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
The number of overweight and obese adults in the developing world has almost quadrupled to around one billion since 1980, claims a report from a UK think tank. The Overseas Development Institute said one in three people worldwide was now overweight and urged...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Jan 2014 | Welfare
A survey from the charity Shelter has found that more than a third of people renting or with a mortgage in Britain expect to struggle to keep up with payments during 2014. The poll of about 3,600 people suggests those with children are worst affected. Some 70% of...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
A group of MPs have said that the lack of data on the effectiveness of medicines available to doctors and researchers is “of extreme concern”. The Public Accounts Committee is calling for all data on drugs being prescribed in the UK to be made available....
by Chris Rogers | 3 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Analysis of vice-chancellor pay at 19 Russell Group institutions show an average salary of £293,000 in 2012-13. The figures from Times Higher Education magazine, reveal much higher rises for university top brass than the 1% agreed that year for rank-and-file staff....
by Chris Rogers | 2 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
Dr Liam Fox MP has said that special protections for NHS funding must end after the next general election in 2015. Former defence secretary Liam Fox said Britain was lagging behind the rest of Europe in key areas like cancer and stroke outcome rates, and claimed the...
