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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Clare Horton

Friday's social affairs news

An ambulance crew taking a patient on a stretcher into a hospital.
A Department of Health assessment contradicts health secretary's warning about the number of hospitals 'at risk of collapse' due to PFI debt. Photograph: Shout/Alamy

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Today's top SocietyGuardian stories

Lansley's claims about hospital PFI debt 'misleading'
UK Uncut plan to block Westminster Bridge in protest against NHS reforms
Health workers urged to get flu jab
Upward mobility less likely for women and low earners, says study
Christian doctor faces watchdog for talking about faith with patient
Cage-fight children: club licence to be reviewed after alarm at 'barbarity'
English Defence League filling vacuum left by mainstream politics, says report
Civil service reform 'too slow for government agenda'
Peter Beresford: There's a deafening silence of service users in the social care funding consultation
Dave Hill: Where do London's housing benefit recipients live?
All today's SocietyGuardian stories

Other news

• BBC: Pickles sent public pension plans
• Children & Young People Now: LGA queries 'looked-after' status for children on remand
• Community Care: BASW 'disappointed' as College merger talks collapse
• Independent: Broadmoor patient fighting for right to tell his story
• Inside Housing: 42% of homeless reviews overturned
• Localgov.co.uk: Surrey CC leader Andrew Povey stands down
• Public Finance: Government 'distracted from deficit reduction' by public sector reforms
• Telegraph: Elderly will be 'condemned to life of anxiety'
• Third Sector: Wolverhampton City Council threatens 'nuisance chuggers' with £500 fines

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