Row erupts over benefit line fees
The government has been criticised for receiving £268,000 from telephone benefit hotlines with the prefix 0845.
4 Oct 2006
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Government Must Make Work Pay - Laws
Commenting on today's Institute for Fiscal Studies report, which concludes that Labour's reforms of the benefit system have weakened average work incentives, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws MP said:
4 Oct 2006
Speaking and listening skills essential - Teather
Commenting on I CAN's report today showing half of children are unable to speak properly when they start school, Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary, Sarah Teather MP said:
4 Oct 2006
Half of pupils 'have poor speech'
Half of children are unable to speak properly when they start school, a children's communications charity says.
4 Oct 2006
Osteoporosis drug advice concerns
Campaigners say draft NHS plans look like condemning some women to a future of "pain and misery" by denying them access to vital osteoporosis drugs.
4 Oct 2006
Changing people's attitudes
Susan Scott-Parker, chief executive of the Employers' Forum on Disability, and her executive assistant, Victoria Farley
4 Oct 2006