MPs have raised concerns that the NHS is meeting its efficiency targets by rationing services to patients.
There are "widespread" fears that NHS organisations ... are achieving savings by limiting access to treatments ...
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Friday 22 March 2013
i-thorts' i-Politics: NHS 'Rationing Care' To Meet Savings Targets
Wednesday 20 March 2013
i-thorts' i-Politics: Boris Johnson 'would like to be PM'
Boris Johnson has admitted that he would like to be prime minister but insists "it's not going to happen".
In a forthcoming BBC Two documentary, the mayor of London says he thinks the job of PM is "very, very tough".
But he will say he would like to "have a crack" at it "if the ball came loose from the back of a scrum".
i-thorts' i-Politics: Energy bill rises push inflation to nine-month high
ANNUAL UK consumer prices index inflation rose to a nine-month high of 2.8% in February, from 2.7% in January, according to official figures that highlight the squeeze on real household incomes.
Rises in household gas and electricity bills last month, which contrasted with falls in February 2012, drove the increase in annual CPI inflation. Increases in prices of games, toys and hobbies, notably computer games and photographic equipment, also put upward pressure on annual inflation last month, as did jumps in air fares and petrol and diesel prices.
Tuesday 12 March 2013
i-thorts' i-Politics: Falkland Islands: respect 'yes' vote to staying British, Cameron tells Argentina
Only three vote against staying British in unsurprising landslide, which Argentina dismisses as irrelevant.
David Cameron has called on Argentina to respect the wishes of the people of the Falkland Islands after they voted overwhelmingly for the territory to stay British in an unsurprising but still historical referendum that aims to send a defiant message to Argentina and the outside world.
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