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Calderdale birdsong featured in new therapeutic recordings

The songs of moorland bird species have been recorded in the Calderdale area as part of a new campaign to provide their unique sounds to local care homes. The Moorland Chorus recording will be used as a therapeutic tool for those no longer able to easily access the uplands. Organised by the British Association for Shooting and… Read more »

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Deliver achievable clinical negligence reform without delay, says MDU

The House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has published the report of its inquiry into NHS litigation reform. The Medical Defence Union (MDU) engaged closely with this inquiry, submitting written evidence. The MDU welcomes the publication of today’s report but cautioned against too much focus on fundamental and complex structural change, at… Read more »

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Minimum wage has gone up by 7p
Minimum wage goes up

By politics.co.uk staff The minimum wage is to rise by 7p to £5.80 an hour. The rise will come into effect in October. The rate for 18 to 21-year-olds will increase by 6p to £4.83 and for 16 and 17-year-olds will go up by 4p to £3.57. Business leaders had warned some small firms would… Read more »

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Employed no better off than jobless

By Laura Miller Low paid workers are often closer to the bread line than those who have lost their jobs due to the recession, a report published today has revealed. In-work poverty – where a person lives in a household with an employed person but where the income is still 60 per cent less than… Read more »