Westminster Council is joint bottom of the London league for Adult Social Care, according to the 2010/11 Adult Social Care Survey. In a report to the Council's Audit and Performance Policy and Scrutiny Committee, Councillors have been told: "The 2010/11 Adult Social Care Survey (ASCS) benchmarking report shows Westminster's score (of 17.4) amongst the lowest in London. Results from the s...
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This morning the question was asked about whether Obamanomics has led the United States into a liquidity trap created by having the lowest possible interest rates and a non-growing economy? That question was clearly answered by examining the treasury yield curve and the economic forecasts out of the CBO. Now in his own words below President Obama tells you why, given the truth of the first stateme...
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PoliticsandFinance on 2nd Feb 2012 (via politicsandfinance.blogspot.com)
The number of uniformed police in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level in a decade after more than 6,000 officers left the service last year
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FT on 26th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
Police numbers have hit their lowest level for a decade after more than 6,000 officers were lost last year.
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Telegraph on 26th Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
The number of police officers in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level for a decade, at 136,000, official figures show.
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BBCPolitics on 26th Jan 2012 (via bbc.co.uk)
Oddities of the bond’s structure have combined with the lowest yields on long bonds in decades to create an opportunity for the UK, says James Mackintosh
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FT on 20th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
It gets worse for Ed Miliband in the polls today. After revealing last week that just 20 per cent of the public think he's doing well as Labour leader, YouGov now find that only 17 per cent think he'd make the best Prime Minister. That's his lowest score yet, and it compares to 41 per cent for David Cameron. But the way those numbers break down may be even more worrying for Ed. Only...
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Spectator on 12th Jan 2012 (via spectator.co.uk)
Agency has cut the state’s credit rating by one notch to A2 on concerns it is not taking sufficient steps to fix its financial problems
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FT on 6th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
Shabana Mahmood MP, Labour’s Shadow Higher Education Minister, commenting on today’s UCU report showing that Government funding for university teaching and research is falling to its lowest proportion in more than a century, said:
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LabourParty on 5th Jan 2012 (via labour.org.uk)