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New figures to reveal jobless total

The latest unemployment figures are being published

3:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010

The latest unemployment figures are being published amid uncertainty over how quickly the UK job market can recover from the recession.

Balls pledges £23m for social work

Ed Balls has pledged an extra 23 million pounds for frontline social work

3:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010

Schools Secretary Ed Balls has pledged an extra £23 million for frontline social work as a key Government adviser raised concerns that a shortage of funding could be putting children at risk.

Brown hits back at debt criticism

Alastair Darling said the EU Commission was wrong in its assessment of the UK's economic policies

3:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010

Gordon Brown faces fresh pressure over his handling of the economy as a report from the EU Commission warns that the UK is not doing enough to tackle its spiralling deficit.

Call to axe thousands of NHS beds

A report has called for more than 30,000 NHS beds to be cut

3:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010

The NHS should cut more than 30,000 hospital beds to save cash and improve patient care, a think-tank has said.

US union backs striking BA workers

British Airways cabin crew planning strike action have been backed by a US union

3:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010

The war of words over the planned stoppage by British Airways cabin crew has crossed the Atlantic as it emerged a major US union has pledged to support the strikers.

Family wait for freed boy's return

Sahil Saeed has been found safe and well

3:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010

The family of the five-year-old boy freed by kidnappers in Pakistan are waiting for news of his return to the UK.

Ads overstate climate change risk

Two Government climate change ads have been banned, it has been revealed

12:34am Wednesday 17th March 2010

Two Government adverts which used nursery rhymes to raise awareness of climate change have been banned for overstating the risks, a watchdog has announced.

Talent shows miss out at TV awards

Louis Theroux won the best presenter gong at the Royal Television Society awards

12:20am Wednesday 17th March 2010

The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent have been snubbed at the Royal Television Society Awards.

£1.85bn owed by benefits claimants

Benefit claimants owe almost two billion pounds in overpaid money, report says

12:20am Wednesday 17th March 2010

Benefit claimants owe an "immense" £1.85 billion in overpaid money but the Department for Work and Pensions is recovering less than £300 million a year, according to a parliamentary report.

Civil servants' Budget day strike

Alistair Darling will give his Budget on the same day that civil servants walk out on strike

12:20am Wednesday 17th March 2010

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants are to stage their first national strike on Budget day in an escalation of a bitter dispute over cuts in redundancy pay.


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