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All the Lonely People - The Elderly Isolation Crisis and What to Do About It

James Mumford | Posted 19.06.2013 | UK
Read More: Isolation, Norman Lamb, Loneliness, UK Impact, Elderly Care, Over 75s, Elderly Health, Old People, Older People, Social Care, Healthcare, UK News
James Mumford

In 2011 the Centre for Social Justice conducted a telephone poll, the largest of its kind, of single occupants aged 75 and over. We found that nearly a quarter of a million people - a city the size of Brighton - were to spend Christmas day alone.

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Mehdi's Morning Memo: Adios, Presidente

Huffington Post | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Mehdi's Morning Memo, Mehdis-Morning-Memo, Hugo Chavez, Sir John Chilcot, Iraq Inquiry, Grant Shapps, Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Immigration, Norman Lamb, Ppb, Nhs, UK Politics News

The ten things you need to know on Wednesday 6 March 2013... 1) ADIOS, PRESIDENTE 'El Commandante' is gone. Headline-grabbing, larger-than-life ...

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'Completely Unacceptable' : Mentally Ill Children 'Held In Police Cells'

PA | Posted 18.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Mental Illness, UK Impact, Department of Health, UK News, Mentally Ill Children, Norman Lamb, Police Cells, UK News

Children as young as 11 were held in police cells last year because officers thought they were mentally ill, an investigation has revealed. Two of ...

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'We Want To Reduce Suicides By Better Supporting Those At Risk'

PA | Posted 10.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Suicide, World Suicide Prevention Day, Catherine Johnstone, Samaritans, Norman Lamb, UK News

The government has promised to pump £1.5m into research exploring how to prevent suicides among those most at risk of taking their own lives. The ...

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Sunday Trading 'Would Be A Major Breach Of Trust By The Government'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.08.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Sunday Trading, London 2012, Mark Pritchard, UK News, UK Conservative Party, Eric Pickles, UK Business, Norman Lamb, UK Politics News

Extending unrestricted Sunday trading beyond the summer would be a "major breach of trust" by the Government, a Tory MP warned today amid reports mini...

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ResHUFFle: The Lib Dem Dilemmas

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 02.08.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK News, Reshuffle, David Cameron, David Laws, Nick Clegg, Nick Harvey, Vince Cable, Jo Swinson, Norman Lamb, Danny Alexander, Lib Dems, UK Politics News

One of the strange things about reshuffles in a coaliton is that the PM doesn't really get to decide for himself which Lib Dems serve in his governmen...

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Lib Dem MP's 'Extraordinary Encounter' With Murdoch Exec

Posted 26.06.2012 | UK
Read More: News Corp, Leveson, UK News, UK Politics, Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation, Norman Lamb, Fred Michel, Liberal Democrats, Leveson Inquiry, UK News

Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb has told the Leveson Inquiry of an "extraordinary encounter" with a News Corporation executive two years ago. Mr La...

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Chris Wimpress

Norman Lamb: Beecroft Is Talking Nonsense

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Wimpress | Posted 25.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Employment Law UK, Fire at Will, Vince Cable, Adrian Beecroft, UK News, Bis, Norman Lamb, Lib Dems, UK Politics News

One of Nick Clegg's closest advisers has dismissed Adrian Beecroft's attacks on business secretary Vince Cable as "nonsense" and "not very helpful". ...

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No Minister. Treasury Mandarin Says Politician's Ideas Often Wasteful

The Huffington Post UK | Asa Bennett | Posted 01.03.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Uknews, Ukpolitics, Norman Lamb, Oliver Letwin, 2012 Budget, UK Politics News

One of the country’s top civil servants said the Whitehall bureaucracy sometimes has to save politicians from themselves. Treasury Permanent Secr...

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How The New Business Minister Helped Out Tinchy Stryder

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 04.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Tinchy Stryder, UK Diary, UK News, Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrats, UK Politics News

Norman Lamb, the new business minister, is also known as the man who remortgaged his house to help rapper Tinchy Stryder kick start his career. The...

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Which Minister Wants Stephen Hester To Decline His Bonus?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Jeremy Browne, Stephen Hester, UK Business, UK News, Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrats, UK News

Stephen Hester's £963,000 bonus has been attacked as "out of touch" by Labour, as a government minister claimed he had a public "duty" to refuse it. ...

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Which Minister Wants Stephen Hester To Decline His Bonus?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Jeremy Browne, Stephen Hester, UK Business, UK News, Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrats, Bob Diamond, UK Politics News

Stephen Hester's £963,000 bonus has been attacked as "out of touch" by Labour, as a government minister claimed he had a public "duty" to refuse it. ...

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Scrapping Unfair Dismissal Law Is 'Price Worth Paying' Report Urges

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 25.12.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Unite, Gmb, Unfair Dismissal, Norman Lamb, Employment Law, Liberal Democrats, UK Politics News

Proposals contained in a report commissioned by David Cameron to scrap unfair dismissal laws have been savaged by the Liberal Democrats and trade unio...

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Lib Dems Must Be Willing To Talk To Labour, Says Clegg Adviser

www.guardian.co.uk | Posted 18.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Liberal Democrat Conference, Labour-Party-Conference, Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrats, UK Labour Party, UK Politics News

Labour and Liberal Democrats can have a civilised discussion to seek common ground in this parliament on issues including social care, climate change ...

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