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‘End pensioner benefits to help young’
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‘End pensioner benefits to help young’

Peers say”Outdated” age-specific benefits for older people should be replaced with the support for the young to “deliver a fairer society”. The Committee on Intergenerational Fairness called for a focus on housing and training policies, rather than benefits such as free TV licenses. Campaigners warned against the changes saying the pensioner poverty was rising. The…

Knife crime at record level in 2018
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Knife crime at record level in 2018

Figures show that knife crime across England and Wales rose to record levels last year. Police recorded 40,829 offences involving knives or sharp instruments in 2018, this is up by 6% from the year before. Office for National Statistics data shows cases of murder and manslaughter increased by 12%. There were 732 killing which was…

Measles: Half a million UK children missed vaccine
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Measles: Half a million UK children missed vaccine

More than half a millions children in the UK were not given the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017. This comes after NHS chief Simon Stevens warned measles cases had almost quadrupled in just one year and urged families to get the vaccine. Globally, 169 million children missed out on the first dose of the vaccine…

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