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Personal health budgets to enable patients to have more control over their treatment have been announced by Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb.

A national pledge to reduce child deaths and address "unacceptable variation" in child care quality was announced by the Government today.

It was great news when the Coalition Government decided to look at what it could do to improve Britain's sickness absence record. It is an area of public policy that is important to get right if Britain is going to win the global race for business.

Royal London is calling on government to honour its initial coalition commitment to promoting mutuality in financial services.

The Government must review capital gains tax, winter fuel payments and pension credits in order to introduce and pay for a long term care lifetime cap of between £50,000 and £60,000 pounds, a report has suggested.

The Coalition Government is to insert clauses supporting the Dilnot recommendations into the care and support bill later this year.

The Coalition has remained tight-lipped on any long-term care funding plans in its mid-term review, despite reports that it is set to introduce a £75,000 care cap structure.

Long-term care cost plans will be announced by the Coalition today when it issues its Mid-Term Review.

Business secretary Vince Cable has said investors' expectations on possible return from bank stocks are "hopelessly unrealistic".

The NHS Outcomes Framework for 2013 to 2014 has been published to help keep the system focused on measuring outcomes rather than targets.