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Drug addicts who refuse treatment 'may have benefits withdrawn'
Decisions on care orders are too sensitive to be given a fixed deadline
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New 'legal high' party drugs will be banned immediately for 12 months under new Home Office powers to halt their escalating use among young people, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Consultants face £10,000 pay cut from bonuses of up to £76,000 a year, reports the Daily Mail.
A survey of senior local authority managers by Local Government Chronicle reveals little or no confidence in the ministerial team in charge of councils - with most fearing a cut in budgets by up to a third, reports Public.
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