The government's controversial push to create a database of patients' records containing the nation's medical details will be boosted by a £1bn technology fund, ministers will announce today.
Though a goal of 1 trillion euros, or $1.3 trillion, was set for the expanded bailout fund, ministers acknowledged that this was now unlikely, and no figure was given at Tuesday night's news conference.
Part of the frustration other charities have with Kids Company is that, while they struggled with less generous funding, ministers continued to sign the cheques for this particular high-profile organisation – a symbol of the Big Society in action.
An extra 100,000 people will be helped by changes to social care funding, ministers will claim tomorrow, as the Government tries to deflect claims that the elderly are being hit by a "dementia tax".
We get a media frenzy, pressure groups cooking up stories to boost their profile and funding, ministers seeking headlines and catchy soundbites - but rarely a thought for proportion, rationality, consistency, liberty or even effectiveness.
English councils that fail to provide a weekly bin collection could lose some public funding, ministers have warned.
With 43 days until the Games, the Government still has £476million left of its Olympic contingency fund, and ministers are "increasingly certain" they will deliver the event for "less than £9billion", significantly below the £9.3bn that was agreed in 2007.
With 43 days until the Games, the Government still has £476m left of its Olympic contingency fund, and ministers are "increasingly certain" they will deliver the event for significantly less than the £9.3bn agreed in 2007.
The money raised by the legislation would go into a special fund for ministers to spend on the care of victims.
But over the years government continued to respond to requests for funding, with ministers accepting Kids Company's assertions that it would become insolvent without government money.
PARIS — Europe's top candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Christine Lagarde of France, is expected to formally announce her bid for the post at a news conference scheduled in Paris on Wednesday.
