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MPs optimistic about charitable giving

Help charities to capacity-build in order to meet the public's increasing willingness to volunteer, new report suggests

Carbon Capture and Storage: What can the government do?

Professor Jim Watson outlines the importance of Carbon Capture and Storage technologies, following the launch of a UK Energy Research Centre report.

Vaz calls on drink firms to reduce sugar

A Labour MP has launched a bid to place more responsibility on to drinks companies to reduce sugar levels in soft drinks and fund research into Type II diabetes

Plain cigarette packaging 'will reduce smoking'

A Labour MP has called for cigarette retailers to be forced to use plain packaging.

Justin Tomlinson MP: Let's encourage young entrepreneurs

Young people are full of enthusiasm and ideas about how to become the next generation of entrepreneurs, but they don't know how to turn ideas into reality, says Justin Tomlinson MP.

Law Society: Legal aid amendments 'will cost government very little'

The Law Society has expressed hope that the Government will negotiate over Lords amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.

Legal aid: MPs 'have last chance to protect the vulnerable'

A campaign group has said that today's Commons vote on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill represent a "last chance" for MPs to protect vulnerable groups

Plain tobacco packaging plans 'crazy' say retailers

A group representing the UK's retailers has said forcing cigarette companies to use plain packaging is "utterly pointless".

NUT: Benefit deductions are not the answer to truancy problem

A leading teachers' union has said that calls for money to be deducted from benefits paid to parents whose children truant from school are counter-productive.

Kids leaving care 'need joined-up approach'

A group of charities is calling on government departments to work more closely together to improve the life chances of care-leavers.

Psychotherapists condemn 'gay cure' adverts

Britain's leading body for psychotherapists has condemned an advert claiming that gay people can be "cured".

PM praises aerospace deal

Accompanied by senior representatives from Airbus, Prime Minister David Cameron has witnessed the signing of a major deal in Jakarta with Indonesian national carrier Garuda Indonesia for 11 new aircraft.





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