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Health spokesmen clash over elderly care funding

Attempts to reach a consensus on how to pay for elderly care in England appear to have fallen further apart amid angry exchanges on BBC One's Politics Show. Health Secretary Andy Burnham has called a cross-party conference on the issue after earlier talks broke down. Lib Dem Norman Lamb backed the idea but Tory spokesman Andrew Lansley said he would only attend if Labour scrapped a £20,000 "death tax" plan. Mr Burnham accused the Tories of making up "scare stories" about his proposals. The government's "ageism tsar" described the "political circus" as "shameful".

15 Feb 2010
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Gene clue to early dementia speed

A gene that may give you an increased risk of a distressing early form of dementia has been identified by Cambridge scientists. Fronto-temporal dementia (FTD) is the second most common type of dementia in the under 65s and can result in a complete personality change.

15 Feb 2010
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Tory Schools Plans Deeply Flawed - Says Heather Kidd

Commenting on Michael Gove's defence of Conservative plans to set up Swedish-style "free schools", Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate, Heather Kidd said: "On the curriculum, Conservative plans are in even more of an incoherent muddle. Michael Gove plans to impose an absurdly detailed curriculum on most state-funded schools, while allowing free schools to adopt a pick-and-mix curriculum - even if this means dropping core subjects such as British history and modern languages."

15 Feb 2010
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Cllr David Kendall PPC with Vince Cable MP

Tory HQ bungle figures on teenage pregnancies

The Tories have been accused of being "out of touch" today for wrongly claiming more than half of girls in the most deprived areas get pregnant before they turn 18. They said the conception rate for this age group in the 10 most disadvantaged areas of England was 54%, while the real figure was 5.4%.

15 Feb 2010
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