The Guardian – ‘Social care cap could expose poorer homeowners to catastrophic costs’
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The Guardian – ‘Social care cap could expose poorer homeowners to catastrophic costs’
Tens of thousands of England’s poorest pensioners face paying the same for their old age care as wealthier people after the government published details of the new cap on home and care costs, The Guardian writes.
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HRT should be offered as first-line treatment for menopause, says Nice
HRT should be offered as first-line treatment for menopause, says Nice Guidelines for England and Wales address criticism of earlier draft advising CBT ‘alongside or as an alternative’ to HRT. Women with menopause symptoms should be offered hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as a first-line treatment, not therapy, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice).Its final menopause guidelines for medics in England and Wales, published on Thursday, state that HRT is the
Injury forces dancer Amy Dowden to leave this year’s Strictly
Injury forces dancer Amy Dowden to leave this year’s Strictly Spokesperson says Dowden will not take part in the rest of the competition owing to foot injury. The professional dancer Amy Dowden will not be continuing with this year’s season of Strictly Come Dancing to recover from a foot injury. The development was revealed on the spin-off show Strictly It Takes Two on BBC Two on Monday and comes after a period of absence from
Boy, 14, charged with attempted murder after stabbing of girl, 13, near Hull
Boy, 14, charged with attempted murder after stabbing of girl, 13, near Hull Young victim found beside A63 in Hessle early Friday morning with lacerations to neck, stomach, chest and back. A 14-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a 13-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck, stomach, chest and back near Hull on Friday morning. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has also been charged with possession of a
‘She’s a star’: Henley-on-Thames gives warm welcome (mostly) to Kemi Badenoch
‘She’s a star’: Henley-on-Thames gives warm welcome (mostly) to Kemi Badenoch The true-blue constituency with a Lib Dem MP is split on whether the Tories’ new leader should take the party further to the right. On a dreary Saturday in the pristine Oxfordshire town of Henley-on-Thames, nearly 40 miles away from the standing ovations and gleeful commiserations of Kemi Badenoch’s leadership victory, news was beginning to trickle through of the new shape of the Conservative
Head of government’s new value for money office to be paid £950 a day
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Rachel Reeves’s big tax-and-spend budget dissected – podcast
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