Nearly 1m UK pensioners living in deprivation, official figures show
Nearly 1 million people aged over 66 in the UK are living in deprivation, according to government statistics, the highest number since comparable records began. Labour, which analysed figures from Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) records, has vowed to be the party for pensioners, with plans…#labour #conservatives #fabiansociety #sasjkiaotto #dwp #tory #williamhague #jeremyhunt #alisonmcgovern #tories (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Google Employees Marched In NYC, California, Seattle Offices To Protest $1.2B Israel Contract
Google employees dressed in traditional Arab head scarves stormed into the California office of the tech company’s top cloud executive, while other staffers staged a sit-in at the company’s headquarters in New York City in a move to protest Google’s ties to the Israeli government. The…#google #arab #newyorkcity #israeli #propalestine #sunnyvale #thomaskurian #googlecloud #jewish #israel (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rising unemployment points to worrying signs for UK economy
The government has patted itself on the back in recent years for presiding over a period of low unemployment, but underneath the latest headline figures there are concerning trends. First among the worrying signs is an increase in the number of working age people leaving the labour market because…#nhs #tonywilson #charliemccurdy #resolutionfoundation (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is Jan. 6 the Political Winner Democrats Think It Is?
A Supreme Court ruling against the government could shift the focus to prosecutorial overreach.#supremecourt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News publishers group urges government to investigate Google for blocking some California news outlets
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Republicans Fan Out to Defend Trump in Hopes He ’ll Notice and Pick Them to Be His VP
As Republicans have proven countless times over the past eight years, they don’t need a reason to go on TV and defend Donald Trump against whatever awful, possibly criminal thing he’s done on any given day. Whether it’s downplaying his decision to store classified government documents in the…#republicans #donaldtrump #jews #trump #manhattan #stormydaniels #trumpontv #saidgreggkeller #trumpworld #northdakota (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why does Treasury bond demand dip in times of uncertainty?
You may have noticed our government spends a lot more than it takes in. That of course means the Treasury is going to have to issue a lot of debt in the form of bonds to cover that spending — a lot of it over the next year. Which raises a question: How’s that gonna go? Recently, it hasn’t been…#treasury #ustreasury #marvinloh #treasurydepartment #sameersamana #federalreserve #torstenslok (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Liberals pledge $9B in new money for Indigenous communities in 2024 budget
The Trudeau government is promising $9 billion in new cash for Indigenous communities over the next five years, a smaller spend than some past budgets but one the government says builds on past investments and maintains an upward trend. With no single big-ticket item for Indigenous Peoples this…#indigenouspeoples #liberal #finance #chrystiafreeland #spendingonindigenous #houseofcommons #freeland #firstnations #grade12 #firstnationsandinuit (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are you renting with no plans to buy? Here's what the federal budget has for you
The federal government tabled its annual budget on Tuesday with a promise to open the door to homeownership for millennial and Gen Z renters. You'll have to read the fine print to find measures for young renters who can't buy a home — or just don't want to. In her budget document, Finance Minister…#genz #finance #chrystiafreeland #robertkavcic #bmocapitalmarkets #canadians #rbceconomics #gst #canadapost #renters (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the U.S
China is fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. by directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials that are used by traffickers to make the drug outside the country, according to a report released Tuesday by a special House committee focused on countering the Chinese government. Committee…#mikegallagher #xijinping #williambarr #ukraine #rajakrishnamoorthi #democrat (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Improper Payments in Medicare and Medicaid: Who's at Fault?
(MedPage Today) -- Republicans and Democrats took two very different approaches Tuesday to the issue of improper payments made by the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
"For fiscal year 2023, GAO [the Government Accountability Office] reports that... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 16, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
UK lawmakers back landmark bill to gradually phase out smoking for good
A plan by Britain’s government to introduce a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking has cleared its first hurdle in Parliament despite vocal opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
White House Announces Partnership With 50 Countries to Stifle Future Pandemics
(MedPage Today) -- The Biden administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020.
U.S. government... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 16, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
UK lawmakers will vote on a landmark bill to gradually phase out smoking
British lawmakers are set to vote on the government’s plans to introduce a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
U.S. Government Moves $300 Million Worth of Bitcoin Related to Silk Road Seizure
In a series of transactions on July 12, a bitcoin address linked to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) moved around 9,825.25 bitcoin, equivalent to approximately $299 million. The bitcoin in the address is known to originate from United State’s infamous seizure of Silk Road assets.…#silkroad #doj #utc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
