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'Merge NHS and adult social care budgets'
Government reforms alone will not solve the challenge of funding social care, says King's Fund

HMRC ''complacent'' over tax credit errors
HM Revenue & Customs' claim that it was responsible for only 2.5 per cent of errors was ''far-fetched'', says public accounts committee

Cyber crime costs small firms nearly £19bn a year
Small businesses could be losing billions of pounds every year to cyber criminals, with the average small firm facing a near £4,000 cost

PM relies on Labour over gay marriage bill
An amendment to the equal marriage bill that could have stopped it in its tracks was destroyed with a majority of 300

Westminster policies ''holding Scotland back'', economic report claims
Economic decisions made by past and present UK governments have had a negative impact on Scotland and have held the country back ''for generations'', a new report has claimed

Why every silver bullet is ultimately a dud

Let's have some sympathy for the government, the National Association of Head Teachers' general secretary Russell Hobby has said, tongue firmly in cheek, adding: ''We need to get Ofsted out of our heads''. Here's his full speech

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